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fectually grafp, in procefs of time, the monopoly of b o o k
the Spice trade, have formed two fettlements, one at, "' .
Timor, the other at Celebes.
The firft of thefe iflands is fixty leagues long, and The Dutch
from fifteen to eighteen broad.    It is divided into fe- [ier™entfeaV
veral Sovereignties ; in which there  are  numbers of Timor.
Portuguefe. ¦  TheSe conquerors, who at their firft ar-
rival in India had advanced with the utmoft intrepidity
and moft amazing celerity, and had purSued a long and
dangerous career with a rapidity which nothing could
flop ; who were fo well accuftomed to ads of heroifm,
that they performed the moft arduous enterprifes with
eafe ; thefe conquerors, I Say, when they were attack-
ed by the Dutch, at the time that their whole empire,
grown too large and tottering under its own weight,
was tumbling to ruin on all fides, displayed none of
thofe virtues which have laid the foundation of their
power.    When they were difpoffeffed of a fort, driven
out of a kingdom, or difperfed in conféquence of a
defeat, they fhould have fought an afylum among their
brethren, and ihould have rallied under Standards that
had hitherto been invincible ; either to put a flop to
the progreSs of the enemy, or to recover their fettle-
ments : but fo far were they from forming a réfoïution
fo generous, that they folicited fome employment, or
penfion, from thofe  very Indian princes whom they
had fo often infulted.    Thofe who had contraded a
habit of effeminacy and idleneSs above the reft, re-
treated to Timor, which, being a poor ifland, where
no works of induftry were carried on, would fcreen
them, they thought, from  the purfuit of an enemy
intent upon ufeful conquefts.    They were however de-
ceived.   In the year 1613 they were driven from the
town of Cupan by the Dutch, who found a fort there,
which they have ever fince garrifoned with fifty men.
The Company fends fome coarfe linens there every
year, and receives in return, wax, tortoife-ihell, San-
ders wood, and cadiang, a Small Species of bean, com-
monly ufed by the Dutch on lhip-board, by way of
varying the food of the crew.    All thefe objeds em-