"تقرير جديد عن جزر الهند الشرقية: يتناول ملاحظات وتعليقات النقيب أليكساندر هاميلتون الذي كان يسكن في تلك الأجزاء من ١٦٨٨ إلى ١٧٢٣، حيث كان يتاجر ويسافر بحرًا وبرًا إلى معظم البلاد والجزر المعنية بالتجارة والملاحة، بين رأس الرجاء الصالح وجزيرة اليابان. الطبعة الثانية. المجلد II." [‎١‎٨‎٢] (٣٦٢/٢١١)

i8i A new Account
for the Purpofe, and the Elephant is brought
to view him, and goes twice or thrice round
him, and when the Elephant's Keeper fpeaks
to the monftrous Executioner, he twines his
1 runk round the Perfon and Stake, and pul
ling the Stake from the Ground with great
V iolence, tofTes the Man and the Stake into
the Air, and in coming down, receives him
on his Teeth, and lhaking him off again, puts
one of his fore Feet on the Carcafe, and
fqueezes it flat.
In Anno^ 1717. the King of S'tam made War
on his Neighbour of Cambodia^ and invaded
Ms Country with an Army of^ooooby Land?
and xoooo by Sea, and committed the Care of
his Armies to his B ark along, a Chinefe, alto
gether unacquainted with War. The China
Man accepted of the Charge with much Re-
luaancy, but the King would not be denied.
The VV ar prov'd unluccefsful, but I'll leave the
Particulars till I treat of Cambodia, and re
turn to Si am, where I had fome Difficulties
to meet with.
In Anno 1719. I went thither with a Car
go to diipofe on, expefting to trade on the
Footing of the old Treaty concluded at Zw/-
^ with the King of England, and the King
of Siam s Ambaflador, in Anno 1684. but on
my Arrival, I found that Mr. Collet, Gover
nor of 1 ort St. George, had cancelled that A-
grecment by his Amballador 'Pcjuny, as I
have already obferved, and the new Condi-
nons being too hard for me to ftand to, Ifo-
icited for Liberty to depart again with my
Ship