4a A VISIT TO THE INDIAN AllCIil PELAOO, 



lightcneds he was throwing her cargo, which was of teak, 

 ovcrboai'd^ when he observotl several prahus coming out 

 from iimJcr a point of land ; having no arms \Yhcrowith to 

 dofewd himself, ho had taken to his long-boat with the few 

 valuables he coald hastily collect^ manned bj his Lascar 

 ciw, making eighteen in all. Ten of the Lascars after- 

 wartjb left hun, on his landing at a part of the island for 

 fuel and water ; ho then went on, intending to coast down 

 as far as Lahuan, and there seek assbstftnco. 



These pi^m^, fi-oni w^hom Mr. Lonsdale, m his discrc- 

 tiDDj made such a precipitate retreat, miff hi have been 

 inoffensive, peaceable tradei's ; but, not having then read 

 the opinion of some of those gentlemen in England who 

 live at home at ease, and having himself served in these 

 seaSi he thought it just as well to make sm-o of keeping 

 his head on liis shoulders, by shunning the honour of a 

 visit firom such distinguished foroignei's, belonging to a 

 people whose tastes do occasionally rejoice in a necklace 

 of human teeth. 



While we were at morning quarters off Kimanis, a swanii 

 of bees, attracted perhaps by the sound of the hand, came 

 roiHid the sliip, and tindly settled oi^ the under quarter 

 of the crOBs-jack'jard, presenting a most extraortlinary 

 appearance : by cl iugijig to one another tlicy formed 

 themselves into a bag twelve or fourteen inches dee|), the 

 mouth of which* attached to the yai'd, occupied a space of 

 about two feet in length, by one wide, and wliich was 

 ?>liakcn and moved about by the wind. Fearing that the 



