14 MARITIME CODE. 



"As soon as the letters arrived at Malacca from the Raja of 

 (Ion, the Portuguese who were in Malacca ordered such of the 

 pe)ple as had remain* d there to bring iron-stones for the Fort from 

 Kwala Linggi, Perlan Upi, Batu Bras, Pulau Java, a small Island 

 near Malacca, from Telur Mass, from Pesan Pringgi, from Pulau 

 Burong, and from the country in the interior of Malacca; and the 

 price the Portuguese paid for them, was at the rate of 30 dollars 

 per 100 stones of large, and 20 dollars per 100 stones of small 

 size. For the eggs which they used in their mortar, the Portu- 

 guese paid at the rate of a ivang bharu (new coin ) for each. For 

 lime (fcapur) they paid fifteen dollars for a Jcoyan ; and the cool- 

 ies employed digging away the hill, were paid at the rate of half a 

 dollar each for one day's work. During thirty-six years three months 

 and fourteen days the Portuguese were employed in the construc- 

 tion of the .Fort ; and then it was completed. 



" From this time the Portuguese remained in quiet possession 

 of Malacca about nine years and one month, when the country 

 once more began to flourish, and the trade became extensive on ac- 

 count of the quantities of merchandise brought therefrom all quar- 

 ters. Such is the account of the country of Malacca under the 

 Portuguese. 



"It is related, that after this period a Dutch vessel arrived at 

 Malacca for the purpose o£ trading ; the vessel's name was After- 

 lenden and that of the Captain Iber. The Captain perceived that 

 Malacca was a very fine place, and had a good Fort, therefore, after 

 the Dutch vessel had traded for fifteen days he set sail for Eu- 

 rope, and arriving after a considerable time at the great country, 

 he gave intelligence to the great Eaja of what he had seen of the 

 beauty of Malacca, the extent of its commerce, and the excellence 

 of its fort. On this the Eaja of Europe said, ' If such is the ac- 

 ' count of Malacca it is proper that \ should order it to be attack- 

 ed ;' twenty-five vessels were thereupon ordered there by the Raja 

 of Europe for the purpose of attacking Malacca, and, troops being 

 embarked on each, they first set sail for the kingdom of Bantam in 

 the country of Java, where the Dutch were in terms of friendship. 



<l At Bantam they found two Dutch ships and a ketch, and after 

 having taken on board buffaloes and provisions for the use of the 

 persona on board the vessels, they sailed for Malacca. 



