The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-06


27th, when they had fSirmitf with
the inhabitanrs OF The ifland Of St. Bar
tholomew, on the coat Of New Sui
rea, who let off fires at them, which ex-
aialy in appearance relembled the fire
AMI lmol<e of muikets, but made ID re-
port. Whar thete fires were. the voyagers
could NOT deviie. They alto ,hed light
darts; but wherhcr thrown with flick,
Or ihot with bow, they could not tell,
They were now upon well known COATS,
and among iiands which have been Of
ten delcribed, and, therefore, they were
determined 10 losc no more time in
t'licovtrieSi bar 60 puriue their voyage
directly TO Batavia, where, the hip be-
ing iealy, the Captain determined to
heayc her down. In their courie, how
ever, oblervlng an ifland on which a
number OF theep were, 1een grazing, the
temptation was irreiiitible, and they de-
te1a1ined, if pofible, TO procure iome,
IN order to refrclh the fick, who now
began TO be very impatient for land.
1t happened TO be the i1and of Savu,
tributary TO the Dutch, who there have
4 relidenr. This nan, Saxon by
birth, proved mercenary wretch, with
whon there was no keeping terms.
They procured, however.a comfortable
ilPpiy of freill proyitions, butfaloes,
hogs, ihecp, poultry, &c. though at
rnuch dcarer ratc and with more diff
flculry, tran if there had been no
Dutch cornorant 10 enrich with rh,,
pefquiitcs. This Handles in lat. 100
IS S. long. ~ 90 W. The people
are rather below the middle itarure; the
women IN particular are remarkably
ihorc and iquat. They drels decent,
and are OF a friendly difpoGtion. he
i!laad abounds in animals OF all the kinds
known in Europe, and the inhatiranrs
cat indifttrently the f1eih of shca1 all.
Every one wori1iPs his own god. They
appear 10 be healthy ana loDg-lived.
They are immoderate cheWers of .betel
and areca, and icjdon1 are without it in
their mouths from their cradle TO their
grave, except when they lleep.
On the 2llt Of September, our voy-
a9ers quilted this illand, and met with
no incident worth RELAXING till rhey ar
rived on the third Of CEtober az ava,
where their frft care was TO procure
lone frili1 for Tuql4, who was very i'll,
and Tome grafS for the cattle they
brought from Saw. On The 9th, thcy
came 20 al anchor il Batavia road.
where hayiA9 procured leave Grom the
Governor 10 heave the flip down, upon
! examination, rhey found The falic keel
| comfortably injured, q great quantity of
| iheathing torn of, and, under The main
! channcI near The keel, twoof the parks
| Tor fix fece together worn thinner than
the tole Of a mans fhoe, through which
| the worms had eaten their wav into the
timbers in which condition they had
| probably failed fQgatnany hundred lea.
| CUES, without being fcnhble of their
. danger.
| Itis impolIible to express the ,zcnder
and delight of Tupia and his youth
Fayota, on their entering Batavia, and
| viewing the buildings, rhe drcl1es, che
| carriages, equipages, furniture, and "a
rlous decorations Of that luperb city.
Though they were both very III When
they entered, they ieemed for while to
have jubdued their bodily diftaieS, and, by
she boundiefs qualification Of their ardcur
curiorty, 70 think thenlfeIvcS already
transported inrothar happy region which
they had heard Chritians were to poatis
as the reward of virtue. But their ran
fpofts were of 11ort duration Tupia,
after being exceedingly delighted, grew
every day more and more languid. Ia
yota was 1eized with an inflamma.ory