being ihe jiroJuct of older places, were some lime before 

 they could bo brought to Datavia, no that the Chineae junka 

 bad to wait many days, until the monioon wan over, and 

 they were unable to reach Amoy j or they were iklayed nil 

 the latter end of summer, ft lien typlioona were frequetit, bo 

 that vessela and mariners perished together. This has been 

 the case for a aeriea of yeara^ ^^ntil the iohabitanta of the 

 sea-coast, who are devotei] to thii branch of commerce, burst 

 forth into inceasant lamentations, and t!ie rcveniies of the 

 cour*try snfTered, while no remedy could be discovered. Jusi 

 at this crisis, who would have thought that the red-haired 

 English foreigners, who had lone cherished deai^na on the 

 place, in i-he 14th year of Kay-k'heng (ISIO) came 



with a fleet of veesels to attack the colony^ but not succeed- 

 ing they retired. In the summer of the next yetrj however, 

 they prepared another fleet, anil beseiging the fort with 

 their sheila soon iimstcred it. The Dutch, not daring to 

 rcfiiist, returae^l to their own tmd, and now (1814) the ler- 

 ritury of Batavia is all under the aulSiotlty of the English, 

 who have aboliBb^d the oppTessivo laws of the Dulch, and 

 irtTited people to trade aa foi merly. Every one r:;oder& them 

 willing obedience, and merchants from far and near carry on 

 an uninterrupted intercourae. The spirit of the English is 

 really her&ic ; and in this alTair wc aee how irue it is^ that 

 artful plans are not to be relied opon, and that cunriinef trick- 

 ery is of no avail. ^ KMM U."^ B {^1 Bf 

 When men injure others iti order to bentfu Oiem- 

 selves, the povvers above will not endure them ; a truth 

 which in this instance is abundantly ei-eraplificd. We 

 have therefore recorded it for tJie examiaatioQ of posterity 



* The ChineBe writer doieB not seem to bsive bees a\Tar<;, that tbc 

 English have been mucli more deeply cogBged in the opium tiade 

 than the Dntcb, though not on Java, 



