IM A VISIT TO THE INDIAK ARCHIPELAGO. 



tlie praJiiis cai*ried less than thirty men, while some had 

 as many as seventy . The great cliiefe, and almost all 

 the principal Malays of Sorehas and Sakarran, were in 

 the fleet J which was collected from Eembas, Faku, Padi, 

 Liar, ^c.—all places ia the Serebas Kiver. jS' early all 

 the adnlt people were there, either from choice or 

 compwlsion- 



The piratical fleet, on leaving the Sorebas, proceeded to 

 the entrance of the Niabur River, and from thence to the 

 Palo. They mfide an attempt on the town of 8iriki, but 

 found the inhabitants too well prepared for them. On 

 the town of Palo they levied a large cotitiibntion of rice 

 and salt, and thence proceeded to tlie bay of Lasea, 

 captiiring on the way a trading jirahu lailen with sago, 

 winch they plmidered. Fi*oni the Bay of Lassa they 

 proceeded to attack the town of Mato, near which place 

 they captured two other trading vessek, one laAlen with 

 sago, itound fm' Sincapore ; the other lak'li/ arrived from 

 Sinmpore^ with a cargo of cotton goods. These vessels 

 were unfortunately lying outside the defences : they 

 were accordingly first plundered and then burnt. 



N.B. Sincapore has, nevertheless, produced an address 

 to Mr, Hume (which will bo hereafter oxaminetl), 

 expressive of doubts whether the Serehas are pii-ates I 



Repulsed from Mato, and heanng that there was a force 

 on the look-out for them, the pirates turned homeivards ; 

 and at length, towards evening on the 31st Jnly, the 

 Ul4tr scout-hoat brought in the intelligence, so welcome 



