S4 
MEDIO I R OF 
a^tnal iustitutlou, several yt^ara aft^Fwar{k| under Uts 
muspU'ta, aa ihu Ztiolojificwt Socii'ty of Londoiu 
In N'o¥fml>pr 1817 Sir Stamford Hartlcs, aci-om- 
paiiu»(l by ]m lady, wiilvd fi>r liis jh^h- r^-'sitU-ncy, nud, 
after a leditiiis voyajiH, arrived hafelv at Bem-ooleu. 
Thecondiiittu of thin esiitbllMJnmnU al tlie liiueof Ids 
arrival nm-^i hnw Ik'imi very di^c^ultite. In a t inter to 
Mr Marbden, Ijl' thus deHCTtbeH their unraiiirortiitde 
iituatiun : — " TUU ih wuhout exceptian the most 
WTett'lied [dace I ever helield. I cannot convey lo 
you ail it(h'(juatc! idea of the state of ruin ami dihipi- 
dution which surroandit nie. W'iiat widi luitural im- 
pediments, bad gav'ej'tunent^ and (he awfut vistUUiouii 
of providence, uhich we have recently expcrienet?d 
in repeated earchquakes, we have t^eareidy a d»'ell- 
ifig in wliich to lay our head^, or wlierevvlthal to sa- 
tisfy llie cravings of nature. The roads are Impas- 
sable • the highways in the town overrun with rank 
gra»H ; the j^overnment-housf ucieu of ravenoUii lUi'^a 
and polecaisi " The aciinlidstration semned to have 
been Utile better ; a litttles;} idlenesii had tiikeri hold 
of the native inhabitants^ gamiof^ and cockliphllng 
prevailt-nh find the Malayan character wan exhibited 
in itH very worat anpett ; while the murder of Mr 
PajT, a former resident, Itad jfiven rise to complete 
distrust among the European itdtahitants ; — *' an ap- 
pearance of getu'ral desolation afipenred," 
By the ejii'rj^y and prudent nu*a!!.urea adopted 
without delay by Sir JStumford, the a!$ji«ct of affairs 
and of the country became soon improved, and con- 
fidence to a certain extent was restureil between 
