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582 4 THE PIRACY AND SLAVE TRADE OF 
cruise or gun boats, aided by others fitted out at the expense 
of some of their native allies. In November 1769 the Sm Lion 
having a crew of 24 cruising in Lampong Bay in the Straits of 
Sunda, engaged a piratical prahu of Mandhar, having on board 
48 pirates, who carried the cruizer and murdered all on board. 
By a resolution of 25th February 1755, the measures formerly 
adopted were re-enacted and the native princes having relations 
with the Dutch company were besides invited to furnish their 
vessels with proper passports, shewing the size of the vessel, the 
arms and the number of the crew. The passengers were also 
subjected to certain regulations. In place of cruizers like Venetian 
galleys as formerly, a description of vessels capable of being 
impelled both by sails and oars, and called millepedes were intro¬ 
duced, having six of the crew European, and the rest natives. 
Explanations were at different times required from the Sultans of 
Bantam, Johore, Pahang, and other native states suspected-of 
complicity in the proceedings of the pirates, and of buying their 
prisoners, and severe measures against them were threatened in 
consequence. In 1806 it, was ordained that not only should passes 
be withheld from vessels of the description called JPenjajap , 
Lakap or Balloon , or others of a similar construction, but that 
whenever they entered any roadstead, harbour or bay where the 
Company was established they should be seized as piratical vessels 
even although furnished with a pass from a native prince or chief. 
About this time a merchant vessel in which were two Dutchmen, 
named Phefferkom and Wensing was attacked in the Straits of 
Banca by forty pirate prahus. Seeing no chance of resistance or 
escape, they allowed a great number of pirates to board and then 
blew up the ship. In May 1807 the cruizer of war de Vrede , Lieut. 
C. Beckman, was attacked in the roads of Indramayo by seven pirati¬ 
cal vessels each having about 100 men. After some resistance the 
greater part of crew took to the boat and made for the shore, Lieut. 
Beckman and his second in command Stokbroo threw them¬ 
selves into the sea, at the moment the pirates boarded; the first 
was drowned but Stokbroo fell into the hands of the pirates who 
shaved his head, stripped him of his clothes and carried him to the 
Lampongs, where he was subjected to all kinds of bad treatment, 
and even threatened with death. He was offered as a present to 
the prince of the Lampongs, illused like the rest of the slaves and 
forced to the meanst employments. After seven months of suffer¬ 
ing he was sent to Linga, sold to the prince of that island for 30 
Spanish dollars and carried to Rhio. He was here fortunate 
enough to find a Chinese named Baba Tan Lian Seeng, the owner 
ot a. brig which traded between Rhio and Java, who bought him 
for fifty dollars and took him to Samarang. The Chinaman re¬ 
fused to receive any recompense for this generous action, but Mr 
Stokbroo having afterwards become assistant Resident at Japara, 
Lian oeeng whom he called his father paid him a yearly visit, when 
