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" to enter into alliance with tlie Company, be- 

 '* cause the Europeans were just and regular in 



condtjcting ai! their affairs, and, should the Bur- 

 *' mah or Siamese powers unjustly attempt vio- 

 ** ience, the powerful aid and protection of the 

 " Company would enable my father to repel the 

 " aggiession. My father was therefore extreme- 

 " ly desirous of obtaining the friendship of the 

 '* Company, under whose powerful .shelter and 

 " protection* the country might be transmitted 

 '* to his descendants increased in strength. For 

 '* this country, beirjg small and deficient in 

 " strength, would depend on the power of the 



Company to repel the attacks of the Siamese 

 " and Bufmahs. My father accordingly, im- 

 " pressed with a sincere desire to obtain the 

 •* friendship of the Company, granted the island 



of Pinang according to the requebt of Mr. Light, 

 " the agent for the Governor General, and a writ- 

 " tenengagemcut,containing my father's demands 

 " from the Company, was given to Mr. Light for 

 ** the pu! pose of being forwarded to the Governor 

 " General. After some time, Mr. Light returned 

 " to t*ettle on the island, bringing some sepoys, 

 •* and informetl my father that the Governor Ge- 



nerai consented lo his requests, and had sent 

 " people to Kettle on the island ; that the writing 



from my father had been transmitted by the 

 " Governor General to Europe, for the purpose 

 '* of receiving the royal seal and sanction, and 

 •* that it would be returned in six n>onths. My 

 ** father accordingly granted permission to pro- 

 " ceed to settle on the island of Pinang, and sent 

 '* his people to assist in the work, and hi^ officers 



