\ JOURNEY IN JOHORE, i;i7 



me against the wild beasts, cr it could Jj(^ used 

 on such an occasion, n Two days alter, the 

 same man came again, and, having fruilles^ily 

 tried to make me agree to give money, Jie 

 told me that I could start the next day, 

 but that the men who accompanied me 

 would be ten in number, and must be w eli 

 paid. 1 could not imagine for what reason 

 so many men were required to accompany 

 me; 1 suspected that, fearing I might make 

 a complaint against them after my arrival 

 at Malacca, tliey might possibly intend to 

 despatch me in the river or on the sea , 

 where this could be more easily executed 

 than in the kampong; under this impres- 

 sion 1 told him that, tour or five men being 

 quite enough , 1 w ould not take one more. 

 He went to see the Panghulu, and, coming 

 back, told me that the next day the boat 

 would be ready. 



On the evening ol the sami^ diiy, re- 

 marked that all the men ol' the kampojig 



