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to protect them from the pirates in the com- 

 Riencement. My father, having waited some 

 time, at the expiration of one year requested 

 " the wHtini; from Mr. Light, who desired hhn 

 ** to wait a little ; at the end of six years no au- 

 *' then tic writing could be obtained ; he received 

 " 10,000 Dollars per annum, but Mr. Light re- 

 '* fused to fulfil I tie remainder ot his en^'agements, 

 " and in consequence of my father insisting npoa 

 " having a writing, agreeably to his lormer slipu- 

 ** lation, a misunderstanding arose between Que- 

 " dah and Pinan;j^ after which anew treaty of 

 ** alliance was concluded. 



* Since that time many governors have been 

 *' placed over PinaBg, but my father was unable 

 " to obtain a writing> either from Europe, or from 

 *' the Governor General. In the year 1215* iny 

 *' father left the government to my uncle, at which 

 " time, the then Lieutenant Governor of Pinang, 

 " Sir George Leith, requested the ces^sion of a 

 " tract of land on the opposite shore, alleging that 

 " the island being bmali. the Company's people 

 ** were distressed for procuring timber, and the 

 raising of cattle. My uncle being desirous to 

 ** remove the uneasiness, granted a tract (of which 

 '* the bouiidarie3 were defined) accordingly, plac- 

 " iug entire dependence on the power of the Com- 

 pany to protect and defend him against his 

 ** enemies, and Sir George Leith made a new 

 ** Treaty, consisting of fourteen articles, and con- 

 ** stituting the two as one country, This^, and the 

 ** former treaty are inscribed on the Company's 

 " records. During the whole government of my 

 '* father and uncle, no injury or molestatioQ of 



• A. fi. 1801, A^ miiUkcj It iliotOd tie 



