140 A JOURNEY IN JOHOBE. 



remote and solitary place, I oblij^ed tlieoi 

 to go forward to the moutli of the river, 

 where, on account ol low water, we re- 

 iiiained till abouL ten a clock in tlie uiglit : 

 at that time 1 wished to sail , but new ob- 

 jections from the Malays, who intended 

 to sleep there; I ordered imperiously, and 

 they started. AH the night we had a most 

 propitious wind, and at the break of day 

 we found ourselves before the river ofBatu 

 Pahal, which 1 had first intended to enter; 

 but, my Portuguese boy being presently in 

 a serious state of sickness caused by the 

 bad quality of the water we had used dur- 

 ing the seven days of our captivity, I or- 

 dered to steer towards Malacca. At first the 

 Malays refused; but, after assuring them 

 thai they would not meet there with any 

 oHensive event, and promising a conve- 

 nient pay for their trouble, they consented : 

 and on the ^iotli we reached this place, 

 where, after an attendance of lifteen days 



