JOURNAL OF THE EMBASSY 
undergone the terrible apprehension of being doomed to end 
their days in a dreary forest. 
Having procured the Adi gar's leave to make shooting ex- 
cursions, and also people acquainted with the country to 
conduct us, we had an opportunity of seeing several of their 
villages, most of which we found totally deserted by their 
inhabitants. On the approach of a red coat, the alarm was 
instantly given, and the natives, men, women, and children, 
fled directly into the woods. It was not till after some time 
that we could persuade a few of them to remain in their ha- 
bitations : but I never saw any thing in the figure of a woman 
from the time I entered the Candian territory to the mo- 
ment of my quitting it. We found it very difficult to pro- 
cure hogs, fowls, and fruits from the natives, although such 
articles were in great abundance in the country. This not 
a little surprised us, as the King’s officers had expressly 
issued orders directing us to be supplied with every sort of 
necessaries. We were more disposed to attribute this to the 
country people themselves than to any deceit on the part of 
the court. The Candians, indeed, particularly the lower 
orders, shewed little inclination to have any connexion with 
us. Their dread and hatred of Europeans, occasioned by the 
numberless aggressions of the Portuguese and Dutch, had be- 
come too rooted to be easily removed. To this we are to 
attribute that distrust and dislike towards us, which they took 
every opportunity of shewing. No sooner were tidings 
