2 A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



December so as to meet tlie Go^^crnor early in April at 

 Stiicaporc ; his intention having been to leave England 

 iu February, by the overland route. Mr. Brooke LkI, 

 Jiowever, obtained the appointment of Lieutenant- 

 Goiremor for Mr* Willi^ani Napier, a gentleman who, 

 from long rcsidDncc as a proctor at Sincapore, ivaa 

 well acquainted with the intricacies of our treaties with 

 the Nether] anda Government respecting the Eastern 

 Archipelago. 



It was flecided that tlie p^lssagc by sea in a man-of-war 

 woidtl be more convenient tfian the route overland, for 

 the conveyance of the Lieutenant-Governor's family ; 

 and he having much to arrange with his chief, which 

 might easily be done dtiring the vo3^age, they decided on 

 going together. A passage was applied for and ordered 

 accJ^ingly. 



TliG main-deck guns, as far forward aa the main-mcist, 

 were dismounted ; tho porta fitted as windows, and the 

 deck divided into cabins ; the Mreander had then the 

 appearance of one of Mr, Green's fine Indianien, without 

 liowever preteudin^^ to their accommodation. 



The confusion on board even an Indiaman expressly 

 fitted for passengers is generally bad enough ; i>ut in a 

 tuan-of-war, where every inch of space has been pro- 

 occupieil, the holds containing no more than tho provisions 

 necessary for so large a body of men, the extra demand 

 for stowage which was not fairly to bo had crammed our 

 lower deck up to the beams with luggage, tunaed the men 



