TUli iJAZAAU. 



haiimt had &elr hiiks covered witli a thick eoat- 

 iHLi" hhia iTiinl. wliifli preserved tliein from 

 the attacks of insects. Tliosc on the banks, both 

 old and young, stood, ^itE itidicrous phy- 

 siognomies, ^xing at m m vm passed them. 

 A niiiiiber of the small luiniphaekci] Bengal 

 bi-eed of cattle were also observed ieeding about 

 tJic plain. 



Ou leaviiig the ship, aims had been placed in 



where the natives axe repo^^d to tte^lteiitimes 



unable to distinguish between yiatm and iutsi^i 

 but on landing- they were left in the Ijoat, nnd 

 our Jacks, uot having tlie fear oi" the natives, or 

 of a reptiiiiaiid kmi is(mmmi&:^ be^e 

 thejjf Qrc% imk ^ momm^^ w3k about the tII- 



lagT., leaving' the l:oat, tog-ether witli onr weapons, 

 nntler charge of a lioy, whieli proved tlie precau- 

 tion was needlesSj as the arms, reposing' at tlu; 

 bottom of the boat, were in this instance equally 

 as iii^^e^sif ih^had been in the hands of 

 the men. 



After lainling', we were condueted rbi-ongh an 

 exteusi\'e lia/aar, planted witli several shady 

 treeSj called Ba, assau, by the natives ; the close- 

 xte$3 ilmt atiil miMndmg braneta 



&ffijrdli^ m %3fe€ssiKte J&tdim hom the fervour 

 of the siin*s rays : the mai^et seemed weft sup- 

 plied. 



