May.) address OF PELANGYE. 
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wrest the regal power from his hands. At this 
stage of the business, a person brought forward 
a large wooden dish with some kind of food, and 
placed it before the Regent. 
Pelangye, the Matchappee captain who tra- 
velled with us, rose next, and commenced by 
giving three howls, pausing about half a minute 
between each. These Matchappee howls being 
somewhat different from those of Kurreechane, 
approaching nearer to yells or shrieks, highly 
diverted the female spectators, who burst into 
immoderate fits of laughter. After the howls, 
three or four of Pelangye's men rushed forth and 
danced for a few minutes in front of the assembly, 
one of these, when imitating an attack upon an 
enemy, fell flat on the ground, which raised a 
universal roar of laughter. Pelangye then ad- 
dressed the meeting, first by taking credit to 
himself for having brought white men to them ; 
he said we were men of peace, and hated theft. 
On his saying this, the people turned round and 
looked at us as if they had not seen us before ; 
undoubtedly they had never till now heard of 
people of that description. It was a heathen who 
bore this honorable testimony in our favor and 
in favor of the truth ; and they were heathens who 
indicated by their conduct their approbation : 
thus demonstrating that they had the outlines of 
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