KETUKN ON IJOAIIU. 



bazaar tradr appears for thv int)st piirt nho to 

 iiioiiopoli/i'd hy \}\vin ; tlir Malays scciii the 

 tillers ut' the stiil, or subordinates, in other re- 

 spects. The Hindostaaee Batives, or tlieir de- 

 scendante, are evidently the coiiq«ttmrs of tlte 

 coast, and of course tlie heads of government 

 are of that rare. The rajah made Mr. Fearon 

 a present of a small bullock, cocoa-niitSj plan- 

 tains, sugaT-0aiUjes, &c., and accepted «tt ijitvita- 

 tioit to tmt the ship the day following, when it 

 would be leqoisite, from their proR'ssin<»' the 

 Mahometan creed, that all ])igs should ]w 

 kept from grunting," or getting an afternoon "s 

 liberty.* About noon, taking leave of the rajah 

 and his pai^ty^ we retumed m tiodrd. 



At this place uo eanoes came off to the ship 

 with fish, fowls, fruit, Sec, for sale ; none but 

 those oil IjusiiK^ss came to the shi]), and Mr. 

 Feiiron was advised by the rajah not to allow 

 any to do ao. Thl$ ^ppm^d^^ttge, ss off the 

 other villages to tibife eastward of Pedir, goats, 

 fruit, fowls, yams. S^v., were brought ott' for 

 sale ; but \ve afterwards had good reason for 

 sus]K'Cting that some of the ra jah's tbllowcrs were 



* A " tlock oi" the swiiiisk brcctl " would prove ctijciidouii 

 ill ft^iilg^ of it dl' Wtmm^ MaHiys, 



who luivc » religiotis abliorrence # tihe pAkntim occmmed 

 by sucli company. 



