GINGHAM. 



\>\ the ijuustioii ami liail our guvenniiout l>i'.L'ii 



emmit^ m th& o&ar, ami toops intrt)- 

 ilitced,. %ve sBmiid mm hit^ b^en so dcc^pty In'- 

 volvedj that a worst' tlian Ciimlimi war inifxlit 

 Imve Ix'ou a|ipn'1irii<l(Ml. In a r(»uutrv like 

 AcluH'ii, Ity inilitary oporatioiis, wc had avviy 

 thing to lose, and notUingto gain/^ 



tjargo, thot the village of Pedir was tlie wor^t 

 place oil the coast to prociiro cithrr a quick dis- 

 paitch or a cheap cargo of the Areka-uiit ; for 

 tW tajali h ol3i%0d to teat witk imrcliititts, to 

 supply tht^sMp ifldth the r^quisiife quaatify which 

 has Ijci'ii ac:ri'('(l upon : the other European ves- 

 sels hinl anchored at t]ie viUage of*' Gin*>liaiii/* 

 about eight or nlua miles further to the east- 

 ward. At this pkxcc, the contracts are made 

 ■witli merchants, not with the rajah ; and 



me3?dllPEIt9 ps^y the rajah his (hies. It is always 

 hest to eoiitraet with the merehauts, who can 

 supply it at a (juieker ami cheaper rate than the 

 rajahsj who must themselves apply at last to the 

 iao^hmU ; «ind the payment proceeding throttgh 

 the hands 0f the tmjah» osr his ministers, the 

 hitter take care that some remains hrhiml for 

 ihrir -pecial use ; ami, at the tcrmiuatiuu of 

 the aJlair, the Imyer will litid that he is tiie 

 )t»m", not tht* seller. Sawaifg^ Tellkomoy^ and 



