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of his own, besides several merchant vessels, he 

 applied vigorously to comnieice, frequeiiting 

 Coti, Passir, Palenibang, and otlier Malay ports, 

 but seldom visitiiig Java. His operations, how- 

 ever. wcre not eutirelv coiifiiied to commercial 

 pursiiits, but wben favorabie opportiinities oc- 

 curred, he showed no greater repugnanee to 

 piracy than is usual among the Arabs. He had 

 already cut off a Diitch vesscl in the vicinity of 

 Banca, and an English one at Passir, and done 

 Riany things whieh were highlj disapproved by 

 the venerable Seyyad, his father, vvhen at last^ 

 aboiit a veai' or eiffhteen raonths before his fa- 

 ther's dcath, he succeedcd in cutting off at Pas« 

 sir a French ship, with a very rich cariio. by 

 whlch he incurred the displeasure of his father, 

 vho renonaecd all further communication with 

 hini. The manner in which the ship was cut 

 off, however, he deemed so discreditable, that 

 he never would relate the story, though he ad- 

 mittcd the fact, alledging, that previous to this 

 transaction, some of his vessels had been stopped 

 by the Freneb, and his womeu ill treated. An 

 old wonïan, who had been the Sultanes Concu- 

 bine, and who had borne a material part in the 

 transaction, rclated the following circumstances 

 to Mr. Burn, after the death of the Sultan, 



