A DISCOUllSE^ &C. »5 ;. 



the Mahomedan faithj and in the iuterior their 

 habits are so barbarous as to prevent all inter- 

 coLirse, even with the Mahomedans most in their 

 vicinity. Those subjected to the Mahomedans 

 appear to be niostly tractable and of mild dis- 

 position, but sö wretchedly sunk in barbarous 

 stupidity as to sutfmit to every indignity without 

 resijstance, while those who still retain their ia^ 

 dependence, and who are to be considered as the 

 bulk of the original population^ forni innumera- 

 ble ferocious tribes^ constantly at variance with 

 each otherj and individually rejecting internal 

 Government and controul. 



It may be a question whether the present state 

 of society among the unsubdued inhabitants is 

 to be attributed to any marked distinction be- 

 tvveen them and those who have submitted tö the 

 Mahomedan rulcj or whether the barbarity 

 wliich now disgraces human nature, may not be 

 traced in agreat measure to the conduct observ- 

 ed to those who have submitted to a foreign in- 

 fluence. Be this as it may, it is a lamentable 

 fact not to bedisputed, that at the present daj^ 

 almost within sight of Java, the sacrifice of 

 human beings at ceremonies and festivals is so 

 common that cnterprizes are undertakeu divested 



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