154 A JOURNEY 



I left Malacca on the seventh of July, ac- 

 companied by the Rev» M'Borie, The same 

 day we readied Alorgaja, a village in the 

 province of Naning, near Fort Lismore, 

 where a garrison of a few native soldiers is 

 kept by tlie honourable Company. We stop- 

 ped at the Bungalow, where bad weather 

 obliged us to remain until the tenth. We 

 spent these four days in seeking for coolies, 

 for it was very difficult to get I hem; several 

 times we agreed with Malays, but after con- 

 sideration they refused to follow us; the 

 reason was that, the people who are living 

 in the Company's ground being accustomed 

 to the freedom given by British government, 

 they fear much to find themselves in the 

 Malay country, where very little security 

 is found, both from government and from 

 private Malays; however, after we had pro- 

 mised that we would avoid every thing 

 which could odeiid either the Malay chiefs 

 or their subjects, in all the places we might 



