The Datt!h authorities tiienordered T^&jab 

 rah tosximsiion all tliepeopio to deliberate on th6 

 articles aOeish, and, whilst ihey were thus engag- 

 ed^ the politic Europeatvs employed tijertaselvus in 

 rapidly surveying and noting tliecapahiiities odbe. 

 country. The cursory glance, wUtch they were 

 thus enabled to take* convinced them that a iarge 

 proportion ofthe hnd lying \va$te and uncuUivnt- 

 ed was well adapted tor the production of pepper 

 to which tliey were anxious that the inhabitants 

 should direct their attention. The extent and 

 capabilities of tlie laud are very great even at th^ 

 present day, but the price of pepper is not high 

 euough to remunerate the expence and labor in- 

 cident to its cultivation. 



It will be endent from what follows that, how- 

 ever much the Dutch may jiUenipt to gloss over 

 this their first trausaction with the inhabitants of 

 Nanniug, their conduct wa:? marked by the same 

 duplicity and oppression which have dii^tingui^hed 

 their proceed ing!j in every portion of the Archlpi- 

 lago, in which they have ever obtained a footing. 

 The third Article of the Agreement (it cannot be 

 termed a Treaty) has been in existence now for 

 nearly two hundred ycan^, and, although Xhm 

 sanctioned by antiquity, is nearly as obnoxious 

 and unpalatable as ever. When weconjiider that 

 the poor peasantry, besides paying tins tenth 'to 

 Government are obliged to contribute to the sup- 

 port of their Piin^hooloos and Soukoos, we shall 

 not wonder that this tax lias been resisted when- 

 evei they conceived that they could do so with 

 any chance of success: their i^ubmissioQ toils 

 impo:silion in t he commencement in ay he easily 



