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382 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
will send to the looto for an order for you: but
says he, have you a written order from the Resi-
dent to leave Amarapoorah ? Being answered in
the affirmative, he turned to his people and said,
You see what a ready obedience these Europeans
pay to the orders of their superiors ; amongst us
there would be a thousand delays and excuses.
In order to interest him in their favour, I had
directed each of them to carry him a present,
which he readily received. I had also ordered
Mr. Lane, to represent to him the shameful plun-
der of his property, by the boat people. He how-
ever desired to be excused for that day, as he
wanted to go to dinner, and directed him to call
again next morning. In the course of this day
Mr. Burnett, Mr. Reeves, my interpreter, and
others of my servants, were insulted by abusive
language, and pelted with stones in the fort, and
in the suburbs. These insults generally are expe-
rienced from the servants, and dependants of the
royal family, <§c, and are undoubtedly caused by
the sentiments they hear their masters express ;
so that they have served as a kind of gauge of court
opinions. The native inhabitants themselves, are
of a more friendly disposition. I embarked more
of my baggage. Had an excellent observation of
an eclipse of Jupiter's first satellite. Long. 95°
37' 45" East.
October 5. In the morning Mr. Reeves and Mr.
will send to the looto for an order for you: but
says he, have you a written order from the Resi-
dent to leave Amarapoorah ? Being answered in
the affirmative, he turned to his people and said,
You see what a ready obedience these Europeans
pay to the orders of their superiors ; amongst us
there would be a thousand delays and excuses.
In order to interest him in their favour, I had
directed each of them to carry him a present,
which he readily received. I had also ordered
Mr. Lane, to represent to him the shameful plun-
der of his property, by the boat people. He how-
ever desired to be excused for that day, as he
wanted to go to dinner, and directed him to call
again next morning. In the course of this day
Mr. Burnett, Mr. Reeves, my interpreter, and
others of my servants, were insulted by abusive
language, and pelted with stones in the fort, and
in the suburbs. These insults generally are expe-
rienced from the servants, and dependants of the
royal family, <§c, and are undoubtedly caused by
the sentiments they hear their masters express ;
so that they have served as a kind of gauge of court
opinions. The native inhabitants themselves, are
of a more friendly disposition. I embarked more
of my baggage. Had an excellent observation of
an eclipse of Jupiter's first satellite. Long. 95°
37' 45" East.
October 5. In the morning Mr. Reeves and Mr.