EXACTIONS OF THE DUTC H. 



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The ti'oo]>s under his coillllliriid consist of cavalry 

 ami infantry ; the former are descnbcd as being 

 a fine body of troops ; thej are dressed in the 

 Moorish costume, and armed with lances, sabres, 

 titrMne^) /pistols. amy eonskt^d of ive 

 thousand men, 



Santot is not of iioblo family, altliongh by his 

 talents he has elevated himself to the rank of a 

 prince of JsEva. He nm holSs th^ statioa and 

 receives tite paf tj£^ <sobttetI m 6te JDmleh sendeev 

 I saw some of his ifij^^l^^ Irho were fine looking 

 sol(?i(*rs. attirt'<l in green turl)ans, bine nniform 

 jat'ki't and trowsers, and handkerchiefs round 

 their waists. 



The ^aetioiis of t1%6 Butt^ gc^viginmieiit upon 

 Ihe liativeshave increased rath^thsHLdimiuished, 



in spite of all the hssons they li;ive reeeived ; and 

 tbe})resent system, if leftTinaltered, will eventnally 

 cause the loss of Java, if not tlie whole of their set- 



other places, wliicb, tdgft&er with the attempts 

 at ap"^ii"andizpment in Sumatra, where a severer 

 opposition is experienced than could ever have 

 i^ea expected, throws enough upon their hands 

 in Mt |iatt of the world ; and when Mie newt 

 arrived of thv late rapture in Holland, it wan 

 fully expected hy thi' Javanese that the Eng- 



