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Cunningham, to where the flag was displayed. I8i9. 
On approaching the shore three people came Oct. 24 . 
down to direct us to the proper landing place ; 
for in all other parts of the beach a heavy surf 
was breaking. We were then conducted to a 
hut in the rear of the flag staff, where we found 
from fifteen to twenty persons assembled ; two of 
whom appeared, by their dress and from the 
respect paid to them by the rest, to be chiefs. 
To these I addressed myself, and inquired for 
the Dutch resident, but soon found there was 
none, and that one of those to whom we were 
speaking was the Rajah himself. I afterwards 
found he was the identical Amadima, of whom 
interesting mention is made by Peron in his 
historical account of Captain Baudin’s expe- 
dition*. 
My inquiries were made partly by signs, and 
partly by a few terms in the Malay language, 
that we had collected from Captain Cook f , and 
from Labillardiere’s account of D’Entrecasteaux’s 
voyage. Aer (water) was among the foremost 
of our inquiries, to which we added the terms 
for pigs, sheep, fowls, and cocoa-nuts, ( vavee , 
doomba, mannu, and nieu). Every thing but water 
was plentiful, and could be supplied by paying 
* Peron, tom. i. pp. 119 , 151 , 161 , and 162 . 
f HaWkesworth, Coll . vol. iii. p. 298 . 
