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iiioiiy is raillifnH\ peiforriied. ll appears 

 also tliat Ihc way of brinj^iiig up cooks, by 

 sniokiiig opium, is much used by (Jiose of 

 the Malays who are fond of cock-fighting. 



The inhabitants of Jofiole appear the 

 most savage Malays I have ever seen; many 

 of til cm possess a very bad appearance, 

 and 1 think the place is not secure for Eu- 

 ropeans; liowever the people of tlie place 

 are very timorous, and tlie sliglUest cir- 

 cnm stance Frightens them. Our arrival 

 caused a great agitation in all the country, 

 and a few hours after a report had already 

 spread abroad, that thirty armed Euro- 

 peans had arrived in order to take the 

 place. The evening of our arrival and the 

 next day, ail the state was in motion, and 

 several hundred persons came in order to 

 ascertain lor themselves the trutli of the 

 report. 



We left Johole on the thirteenth. After 

 having walked through paddy fields for 



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