284 ACCOUNT OF CELEBES , AMBOYNA, &C.
Between the 18th and 19th of April, we felt here an earthquake, which Iaftedfull five minutes. The dull rumbling noife that accompanied it, and the undulatingmotion, feemed to run in a direction from fouth-weft to north-eaft. The thermo-meters did not undergo any change before, during, or after the Ihock. The airwas clear, and the weather was dead calm. The water in the bay was alfo muchagitated: my {hip, which lay, at that time, at the pierhead, received a very violent{hock, being impelled forwards, and driven back again, with great force. The north-eaft wall of the newly-ereifted rice-warehoufe in the caftle was rent by this earth-
If any village is unable to join the fleet with their appointed corrocorros, or is excufed from theferviceby the governor, they mull burn a kiln of lime for the Company ; and if they wilfully negledt it, theyare futjedt to arbitrary pum’lhment. The governor ufed formerly to carry his flag on the corrocorro ofthe rajah of Noufianivel, but the rajah of Titaway has now that privilege; this corrocorro is one of fourgnadjos, or ranks of paddlers, and is provided with two or three handfome apartments for the accommo-dation of the governor, who is attended by a guard of fifty or fixty foldiers. The fleet is divided intothree diviflons, the firlf being all corrocorros of Chrilti^n chiefs, the fecond of Mahomedans, and the thirdpattly of Chriflians and partly of Pagan chiefs. In order to give an idea of the force of iuch a fleet, weliibjoin a ftatement, from Valentyn, of that which went on the Hongi expedition of the year (706, underGovernor Van der Stel ; it confifled of fifty-fix corrocorros, namely,
Seven of four gnadjos, or banks of paddlers (quadriremes).
Corro- Manned with Armed with Corrocorros. Manned with Armed with
corros.
Paddlers,
Other men.
Swivels. Mufquetoons.
Paddlers.
Other men.
Swivels. Mufquet
I
77
2+
2
I
I
64
20
O
15
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7 1
3 6
1
5
I
60
20
2
O
1
67
3 6
O
2
I
60
l6
2
2
1
64
22
O
O
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18'
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2
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55
12
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O
1
7 °
20
3
3
I
55
IO
O
1
l
70
20
O
1
1
54
22
O
O
I
70
12
I
O
1
54
7
O
O
1
70
IO
I
I
1
53
18
2
3
1
6;
25
O
2
I
53
18
I
I
1
65
2 X
I
I
I
Si
IO
2
I
1
62
20
4
O
1
53
IO
1
1
1
61
24
3
O
I
5°
25
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4
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61
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1
1
1
5°
20
I
3
1
60
20
2
3
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5°
20
O
2
I
60
20
2
2
I
50
20
O
O
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to
20
1
3
1
50
20
O
O
1
60
JO
1
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5 °
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5
1
60
to
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5°
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1
60
10
0
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I
5°
IO
O
O
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59
15
O
0
1
48
16
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0
I
58
26
2
I
1
47
2 5
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I
I
J 8
20
0
O
1
44
18
I
2
I
5 8
15
I
6
1
38
l6
2
2
Z
58
12
O
4
X
38
7
I
O
1
56
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0
1
1
3 1
IO
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55
22
2
2
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2 7
8
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1
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20
2
2
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X
55
20
2
O
Total 56
3182
978
59
89
1
55
l6
4
O
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Tr.
quake