. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. ot coming toan anchor. On touching the shore, a young seaman and myself beingbowsmen, jumped ashore to hold the boat, when, to our in-tense astonishment and alarm, we were immediately sur-rounded by about two orthree thousand Malays, asnaked as when they wereborn, but armed with kreeses (long knives,.My mate and I instinct-ively grasped our sheathkn
. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. ot coming toan anchor. On touching the shore, a young seaman and myself beingbowsmen, jumped ashore to hold the boat, when, to our in-tense astonishment and alarm, we were immediately sur-rounded by about two orthree thousand Malays, asnaked as when they wereborn, but armed with kreeses (long knives,.My mate and I instinct-ively grasped our sheathknives, resolved to defendourselves if attacked, butwe were unmolested, as a Geritulas (Rajahs dep-uty or secretary) camedown to the beach andpermitted us to get whatwe wished for. After procuring a supply of water, yams, buffalo beef, andfruits which we paid for, we stood out of Tampa Tuan,and down the coast to the southard and eastard. Before coming to an anchor a large proa came along-side with a Geritulas on board who told our captainwhere we could fill up with pepper. We had a partial cargo of unbleached cotton goods suit-able to the native market which were intended to be barteredfew: such produce as the captain considered advantageous,. A GERITULAS. WEIGHING PEPPER. 185 and accordingly after reconnoitering the coast, we finallycame to an anchor at a place called Tarabangan Rayah, butwith our cable ready to slip in case of emergency. We then threw our stone ballast overboard, got the gunsup and mounted, cleaned the small arms, which were kept inthe focastle, as the Malays invariably murder the officersfirst. I will now describe the manner of weighing the pepper,which I am sure will convince any one of the vast superi-ority of the honest dealing of the so-called Christian overthe heathen. First, the fifty-six pound weights were taken ashore and tested, then brought aboard again, when the handles were secretly screwed out and the hollow weight filled up with small shot, so th
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