?^ A DISCOÜRSE, &C. 



Banjer Blasin, although not much indebtedti^ 

 the interference of the Dütch iii promoting its 

 internal improvernent, still ovves niMch of its re«"^ 

 maiiiing rcspectabilitj as a State to the protectioa 

 afForded bj the presence of the European au- 

 thoritj. Deprivedj, however, hitterlj of that sup- 

 port^ convuUed by the cousequences of the mea-^ 

 sures which cloaed the period of Dutch inüii- 

 ence, and exposed to the inroads of piratica! 

 enterpri^e, it \yas rapidly falling into decav, and 

 in a short period its Princes would perha^^s have 

 had little more to boast than those of Siica^ 

 dana^ had not the fostering care of the Euro* 

 pean power been again extended by theencour- 

 agementgiven to the v/isbes and expectatio;^s of 

 the reigning Prince, whose condnct alFords^ 

 amongst raany others, a convincnig proof how 

 Tniich the inferests, welfare^ and even existence of 

 the Native States depend on the ability and cbar« 

 acter of the reigning Prince.* 



A more intimate acquaintanee with Banjer 

 Masin than with the other parts of the Island, 

 enables us to gpeak more decidedly with regard 

 to the progress of civilization ia the interior of 



* The Factory of BaTijer Masin was wjthdrawn, an;! the connectioa 

 abanöoned by the Dutch, eirly in 1809, the Sultan [•urchasino; for the 

 sutn of 50,C0a Rix Dollars the Forts aad Buildiügs, on hls being- 

 dcclafcd iodefc-adcnt. 



