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to cry oul wiLfi ail tiie strengtli of iits lunfjs. 

 The higfi priest, in imitaliou of him, befjan 

 also to cry out no less hifrji and slroiifjl), 

 so much so tJial lor some time this made 

 sucli noise and confusion , that I could not 

 understand any thing of what was said by 

 them; while the poor guilty man shewed 

 by his hamble countenance that he receiv- 

 ed the reprimand with a deep humility. 



The whole was ended by condemning 

 the gudty party to pay a fine. As there were 

 no more cases submitted lo the Goui t for 

 thai day, onr friendly convcrsaiion began 

 again, during wliich tlie higli priest put to 

 us several curious questions; for instance, 

 speaking of the English East India Com- 

 pany, he asked : rr Where is M'' Company 

 living n 



As the information we obtained in the 

 house of the ciiief, as well as in several 

 houses of Rund>au, shewed tliat HieJakuns 

 were there in very small numbers, and were 



