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not well pleased at observing liim busily engaged 

 lift jiemoving his belt, to wliicli ^ jfiOfd or dida 

 ix€d, ("Wiiichv a§ 1 rfterwards understood, 



had been loosened on [Jitrp0|6y) at th^^^me time 

 whining', ;tnd nttering a peculiar squeaking' 

 noise. As soon as lie Iiad siu'rceded in pro- 

 ciu'iug liis liberty, be walked, in his usual erect 

 postttve, immds some MalaySj who Wi&te s^aud- 

 mg ne^T the place; md^^er huggftig the 

 of several of the party, without, however, ])er- 

 niitting' them to take bim in their anus, bo w ent 

 to a Malay lad, who seemed to he tlie object of 

 Ms Inarch; for, on meeting with him, h^ lm- 

 m^idmtety dumbed l^^to tm hn^isd 

 him elosely, having an expression, in both 

 tlie look and manner, of m'atifieation at liein"; 

 once again in the arms of him, who 1 now 

 understood was his former ma$ter. li^^l^eaa tWs 

 kd sold the mimsi to Mt. Boustead, her was 

 tied ftp in the co^tipa'd of that gentb'man"s 

 house, and his screams to get loose used to Ite 

 a great annoyance to residents in the vieinitv. 

 Several times be eileeted his escape, and woidd 

 then make fofr the #^^d^ the Malay kd 

 being usually on board l^e pJi^ in iJi^hkfe h& 

 had arrived from the Sumatra. Tie was never 

 re-taken until, having rrarhed the water, he 

 could proceed im farther. The (.lay previous 



