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from tHe prefidency of Madras m the year 1695, for Aat purpofe, wkh 
letters addreffeS to her iiluflriaus majefty the queen of Acheen^ deflring 
permiffioh to fettle, on the teritis her predeceflTors had granted to them-i 
which Was readily compHed with* an3^ faftory, but on a very linnked fcaie, 
x^'as eflablifhed ac<iordingly. At tlils time the Achenefc were alarmed by 
the arrival of fix fail of Dutch Ihips of force, with a number of troojps 
on board, in their road ; not havihglieen vifited by any of that nation 
for fiftccfa years ; but they departed without tsflferihg any- mekftatkm;* 
The queen died in the ye^r 1700, anrd with her the fcMale -monarclry 
expired* A prieft found meahs, 'by his intrigues, to acqlnre the fdve* 
reignty* He attempted tb impofe fbme duties on the merchandize im- 
ported by the Engl tih, who had long i>een indulged with an exemption 
from a! I cliarges, except the romplimentar)^ prefents on their atHWh 
This inno%^atioh the maftcrs t)f ihtps then in the port determined^ 
oppofe, and in a very unwarrantable manner ptoceeded to imlTiediate 
hoflilities; firing upon the villages fituated 'near the mouth of the rfter, 
and cutting off from the city ail fitppHes of provifion by Tea, The'ili- 
habi t ants ' feeling feve rely the t^fftr^fts of 'this- proceeding, 'grew clafnotous 
againft the gorernm^t, wliich tres foon obliged tti rdft^jre to the fe infoient 
'trader's ' the privileges contended for. Advantage vras 'tafken of tK^ 
public difconi^jits to Vaife an infurfedtion in favor of the late -^ieen's 
nephew/ who fucceeding in his views, was in poflfcilion of the throne 
in 1704>-^ — — ^And here the clue bf 'our fiHtory, which hhs not been 
traced without conlidcrable difficulty, breaks off; arid we are totally 
in the dark with rcfpedt to the tranfattions of the fubfequcnt reigns. It 
is, however, brought down ta a modem date, within the compafs of 
authentic tradition; and Fdo riot def)iair of being enabled hereafter' to 
continue the account, unimportant though it be,, to the days of the 
prince now upon the throne; whofc reign has proved long, and attended 
with many reverfes of fortune, which more than once have obliged him 
to fly from hi> kingdom* 
% In^ Compaii itcocds. *^ Hamiltoii^s voyage, ' Lwkyer. 
