DUTCH MEASURES. 



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JL (le Groot, ""how the Dutch Government of India can have acte^ 

 mtli toil nitieh rigour against bjintlitSj wlio do not cont<i3:it Ihem- 

 selvt'S with plundering^ imd capturing vessels and merchandise, but 

 who sell as slfives^ or mercitoly massiicre, all whom thej find on 

 boartl their vessels." — Page 105* 



"Four hundred pirotcs/' mj$ a Dutch Report, of 1836—1840, 

 "were established as ngricultirrists at Sulejer, to the soutb of Celebes. 

 The pimtes ta the nortli of Borneo were punished. The English 

 intervention prevented more bmng done in these countries/'— 

 Page 103, 



" These forces do not^ as fonnerij, meet in the islands of Bouton. 

 Their power bas gradually increased to the south of the Archi|>elago ; 

 and it is astonishing what a nmnber of prahus are there at ]>re3ejit. 

 1 attribute it to ihe great nmnber of losses they have sust.-iiiied on 

 the coast of Celebes and the neighbouring islatids for some years 

 past. Tlie def^t which tliey experienced in 18^7, near Taim 

 Tjampeaj, convinced them that^ on every other point of the coast of 

 Celebes or its neighbourhood^ woidd be exposed to similar 

 surprises^ and could' no longer reckon on a sure retreat in tho^e 

 latitude's. On watching their movements since then, it will be 

 €miy observed tlvat the pirates have no longer a fixed place of 

 meeting, if they had not yet determined on a convenient spot 

 from which to staxt. It isj no donbt, of pariimonnt importance to 

 them to choose a well-situated spot for tbeir sphere of action, at a 

 dittajiee from mtrpowr/' — Page 94* 



" l^Hierever cur power cannot extend, the slave-tiade ia still 

 po&siblcj and piracy^ committed with the object of ciuTjing away 

 human beings, has not yet ceased."— Page 119. 



" E\'en the English papers have often rendered justice to the zeal 

 and efBcacions meastires of the Dutch Government to suppress 

 piracy in the Indian Archipelago ; and the comparison drawn bv 

 these paper?, between the efforts made in favour of that causte by 

 the Eriti&h Government and our own, is not in favour of the 



