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of the hand, broke a wJiole sei : whereupon Ihe maid pros- 

 IraLed herself OQ the ground, md begged to he put to death 



HoDg-iang said, "is^ijii^ia^f^'Ms?^^ 



Kevef iniiid ! go in, aod tell your mistress that I broke it by 

 miatako." For. according to the custom of Bataviaj tho 

 slaves are treated very cruelly; the men-servanla are in- 

 deed subject 10 the maaler'a con trout, but the women -ser- 

 vatitB are under the su|jerintendence of tlie mistresa. Thus, 

 had not Hong-leang adopted this plan, the slave-girl would 

 have been in danger of lier life. 



At that time nil those belonging to the clan of fj^ K'hoe 

 were people of respeetabilily, of which Hong-leang uaed lo 

 boast. It being reported to hirtij however, that one of hta 

 clan was doing the work of a day-Jabourerj Hong-leang" sent 

 for him, and aaidj Since you are a relation of mine, you ought, 

 on your arrival at Baiavia, to have waited on mc immedi- 

 ately ; why should you siand in your own light ? The Cnp- 

 laio then took him into his employ, and in a few years he 

 became a rich nmn, Of such acts of generoaily there are fre- 

 quent iinstarices^ all of which it would be impossible to par- 

 ticularize. 



IS "S" WUlJJ.^-CHENG-KONG. 



Wui«y-cheng-kong was a native of ^$ }^ Cheang-ph'o<1, 

 in the prefecture of "J^ Cheang-cliew, in Fokien ; he was of 

 an honest blunt diapgsiiion, and never harboured resentment. 

 In early limes he was Captain China of Samarang, and used 

 to take great delight in poetry and wine; in which respect, as he 

 did noi restrain himaelff he fell under censure ; and his ac- 

 couDls not bi;ing very clear, he was at length thrown into 

 prison. Some persona theit adviied Cheng-kong to prose- 

 cute those who were indebted to him^ that he might be ena- 

 bled to meet his own regponsiljilities. Clien^-kouGi replied. 



Foi the sake of rrie, R flintilc mdivfiiiiiil, lo involve others in 

 difficuUv. I had r;uheT die than allow it. ' Many adnured 



