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^jr-VTas witlidrawn Pontiaiia became a resort of 

 Enirlish tradors, and was alio frequented by the 

 Poi'tuguese from Macao^ and the Arabs from 

 Muscat and Mocha. It was also visited by 

 numerous proas from all parts of Borneo, Bali^ 

 Lombok, Sumbawa and Java. This, however, 

 only coiitiaued till Pulu Penang began to flour* 

 ishj since which time it had greatly decajed. 

 The Java trade was nearlv extinguished by the 

 •war between the Dutch and English, the pro- 

 hibition of the export of dollars from Java, 

 and some iinjustifiablc acts of the Sultan ia 

 ^windling maiiy of the Javanese owners out of 

 Ibeir cargoes. 



Sultan Abdiil Rehman died after a short ill- 

 Xiess, jFebruary ^6ih 1808, about the age of 70 

 years. Whea he perceivei. himself dangerous- 

 ly ill, he assembled the cliief men, and told 

 thcm he appointed hu eldest son, the Panam- 

 bahan of Mampawa, to sücceed him, and dis- 

 patched a person to summon the Panambahan 

 ixito his presence. Next day Ihe chiefs assem- 

 bied, and declared that they desired the Pange- 

 rang to be Sultan who was his second son, but 

 by an inferior wife, and that they would aban- 

 don the place if the Panambahan was to suc* 

 cced him^ accnsing hira of cruelt^ aad divers 



