m 



BLACKAN WATTEE* 



of the stitllemcnt, imd iu the aduiiuistratiou oi* 

 ju$fi€i6. M present ^imry is lotaEy ttfiknown 

 in the Inland, for tbe tr^ty emancipated even 

 the retainei's of the iKitivc chiefs."* 



I have quoted the foreg^oing extract to serve 

 us an explanation of the first treaty, uiid to 

 di0W how the possession of the Island was per- 

 manency oblflinfed by the British, whidi will 

 l)e interesting to tlie many who may not have 

 had an opportunity of becoming acquainted witli 

 the circumstances. 



Besides the Government-hill, which rises in 

 pictaresque beanty ImMnd the plain, np^n whidi 

 the SL'ttk'Uient has been formed, tliere & an 

 elevated hill to the westwanl, known bv the name 

 of Blaekan Mattee,'(' on wliich there is a signal sta- 

 tion, ramoved ttpm St* John's Island- Tliereare 

 odier elevated hills clot&ed with i<^y 6mhtsv tt^^, 

 and rising' inlaiid,whlehh!eiPtowapi«5tiJiJies(iite elia- 

 i-acter upon the sceneiy of the coast ; many of the 



* Cmwiurcrs Embassy lo tiium and Cocliiii Cliiiia, 4to* 

 pp. to 567. 



■|- Blut'kjsn Miittc'f is derived fioni the M;ilay word 

 *' Bladtaii," bcliiud; mid Mattec, dead or losi : it waj* su^h 

 pomd td be tio mmcclt because the htU, witen this; place wa^ 

 Ft'surtcd to by piratc?s, canccakil llirin IVam I lie vit u nf the 

 ^eitljumeiit or vUl«)^e-*t)m prescni tcnvn. Tlic cxphutation, 

 liovrevijr, tif tliu luuite is wot very 8uli»iactory. 



