.MALAY IIOATAIEN. 



cmvil. nlrli(nti::li a large c|U!mtity of p*o^t}^e 

 miiiiiiicd !nr >lii]nii('iit ; Imt tin- cjMmors wevo 

 nlrai<l to sliij) until news of a more settled state 

 of' Eiimjican affairs arrived. FlpUJf'wfis scarce, 

 iiickintaiBcd a pi!!^ at B»kvk; Malay 

 boatiiit'ii art' t'liijiloyed for slii])a' boats in prefer- 

 ence to the rrew of tlie vesi^els, as the lioat lias to 

 he tracked up the river, by which the Europeans 



-wmld sttfo mm^ mpm^m •sun. ma- 

 house, fiad are ever on the watehj when m- 



Jouruals, iuul was copied into most of the India papers : — '* A 



tlio IblluwiiiL; inlL'lligciicc relative to tlic Dutcli sqiuidron, «!vc. 

 J a IJatuvia roads there were— one Ime-of-battle ship, mount- 

 ing skty guns j jfl»eeteirgi<^ ^g«te»s fou*^ liiig* undT mtSHlv 



vessels of Uiiv, wvW aniiet! and manned. In the canal 

 there were— twenty gun-boats, mounting two long brass guns 

 tmht^ Alt the ttt&ps w&ee metthUg in ffeta the ittterior, 



tXi^ iihe/ortiJtca/hiiis were |it;ued in a complete ^itate of de- 

 fsms0* A lurge frigate was lying at Sourubaja, well manned 

 and aHhe6[. Jf ffte 2>u^ ^mM S^imtm M fne^iriff rej/ri- 

 sa/s, a /('to chi/a' naif woithl take them to Lmthti lokere (heff 

 fuiffht mze British pro;perti/ to an immetm aniouHC' 



A very kind hint ! deserving tlie thanks of the Dtfich 

 n/'/inic/it s for the capture \v ould have been easy, tlic lo^ of 

 British jiitopQUy gPieat, b*si»^g wJtliOHt ft vt^ssd of war to pro- 

 tect them» "Htfe tJtte mf ^Mmf^m are conducted in 

 the cfi»t» 



