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liaving ceased » we remained quiet llie res(. 

 of tfie iiiglit, and heard notliing more, ex- 

 cept tlie noise vvhicli continued in tlie liousft 

 oi the Pangliulu. 



The next day, at ten o*ciock a.m. the heat 

 being ready, we prepared to start. 1 was 

 surprised to find the Pangliuiu and iiis tamdy 

 apparently afraid, and making a long and 

 tedious apology for not having been abie, 

 as he said, to procure me a boat sooner. I 

 t^uppose he was under the apprehension, 1 

 would take some revenge against him after 

 my arrival at Malacca. 



At twelve o'clock we left the place, being 

 accompanied by one of the sons of the Pang- 

 liuiu and three other men; about half a 

 mile before we readied the sea, they threw 

 the anchor, intending, as they told me, to 

 pass there the night; but, in the apprehen- 

 sion that they coo Id iiave some otlier in- 

 lention, 1 refused to slop there, and, as i 

 did not consider myself in security in a so 



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