CHAPTER IV. 
•WE LEAVE SIMONAS TQ-WN AND SAIL FOR BATAVIA, -WHERE WE RECEIVE A 
VISIT THAT DOES RELATE TO OUR HEALTH, AND SEE A REMARKABLE GUN; 
AFTER WHICH WE LISTEN TO SEVERAL ASTONISHING ACCOUNTS FR03I AN 
ENGLISH RESIDENT, AND AGAIN PUT TO SEA. 
It is the 9th of November, and we are again getting up 
our anchor. The Hancock and Cooper sailed some days 
since for Batavia, and we arc now to follow them in the 
Kennedy, while the Vincennes and Porpoise proceed to 
IIong-Kong tid Australia. Prom Batavia we are to pro- 
ceed in company with the first two vessels to the neigh- 
bouring Straits of Caspar, survey them, and then join the 
\ incennes and Porpoise at Ho ng-Kong. And now, be- 
fore we leave Simon’s Town, let me say a word in regard 
to the “Cape Malay.” 
Surprised to find this race in such numbers so far away 
from their island-homes, I questioned Captain Jamison on 
the subject, and learned tliat when the Cape was in pos- 
session of the Dutch they had been imported from the 
islands of Sumatra, Borneo, &c. as slaves, and that, being 
remarkably prolific, they had increased tenfold. That 
when the English succeeded the Dutch, and they were 
emancipated and thrown on their own resources, they 
had turned their attention to making honest livelihoods, 
and were now veiy creditable members of society, I could 
not but compare their conduct and success as freemen 
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