508 Note on the States of the Malay Peninsula. [Aug. 



two latter places now claim their independence. Like Srimendnti 

 itself, they were formerly subordinate to Johdle, and have been governed 

 for seven generations past by their own Panghdlus. The name of 

 the present chief of Terdchi is Sdlong, and under him are six tribes. 

 The Panghuld of Pdndok passer is named Ambong : it was with this 

 chief the ex-Panghulu of Naning sought and found a shelter after his 

 defeat and expulsion in 1832. Part of Terdchi was formerly subject 

 to Sdngie-vjong ; but during tbe late internal commotions and strug- 

 gles for power, by which the Menangkdbdwe dynasty has been rooted 

 out, leaving the interior in a state of anarchy and confusion, the 

 minor chiefs seized on the opportunity to assert their independence, 

 and in this unsettled condition they remain up to the present time. 



The manners and customs of the inhabitants of Srimendnti, its 

 revenue, internal administration, and law of inheritance, are much the 

 same as those of the natives of the three states already described. 



Its produce is tin, sapan wood, wax, ratans, and rice, most of which 

 find their way down to Malacca. 



A fresh tin-mine has been lately opened at a place called Plangaye, 

 the produce of which during the last three months has been 30 bhars 

 of metal. 



States of Calang Jellabd, TJlu Pahang, Jellye, and Segdmet. 



Of the nine interior states, or Negri sambilan, formerly tributary to 

 the Malayan dynasties of Malacca and Johdre, four already noticed, 

 with their dependencies, acknowledged the sway of Menangkdbdwe, 

 or rather of its deputed prince. The remaining five, viz., Ulu Pahang, 

 Calang, Jellye, Jellabd, and Segdmet, with their dependencies, adhered 

 to Johdre : this kingdom, however, was too weak to retain them all. 

 Calang was wrested from her by a colony of Bdgis, who established 

 an independent government at Salangore towards the beginning of last 

 century, which has rendered itself formidable to its neighbours by the 

 hardy, warlike, and piratical habits of its chiefs, but is now fast de- 

 clining. 



Jellabd has been taken possession of by the descendants of the 

 Menangkdbdwe princes, and is now ruled by an Eang Depertdan, named 

 Raja Sabu'n, son of Raja Adil, the second chief from Menangkdbdwe. 

 This chief is looked upon by the superstitious Malays as a living 

 Krdmet, from the circumstance of his having " white" or very light 

 blue eyes, with jet black hair. 



Jellabd was governed formerly by its Panghuld and Ampat Sdlcu. 

 These still retain considerable authority ; the name of the present 

 Panghuld is Aedur Rahman ; his title Akhir Zumdn ; the titles of the 

 Ampat Suku are Dattu Menniang, Dattu Mantri, and Maharaja Sendra. 



