collar with three long fpikes of iron project- 

 ing from it, in fharpened points, to the diftance 

 of eight or ten inches from his perfon. What 

 crime had led to this ftrange method of pu- 

 nifhment I did not learn. The poor man not 

 only fuffered the annoyance of moving about, 

 loaded with this heavy collar, but he was ef- 

 fectually prevented from lying down, and 

 from approaching near to any perfon without 

 the danger of injuring him with the fliarp 

 points of his iron yoke. 



The houfe at Vigilantie was very inferi- 

 or to that at Eifendam, but we found in it good 

 fare, and an honeft welcome. Fowls, milk, 

 rice, eggs and the like, were fet before us for 

 fupper and we had afterwards fome very fine 

 Hollands ; but as my bad Dutch gave no 

 charms to converfation, we retired at an early 

 hour to our hammocks. 



The following day was far lefs fatiguing 

 to us ; — although equally bufy it was broken 

 into more varied fucceffion. We went into 

 the boat between three and four o'clock in the 

 morning, in order to avail ourfelves of the 



