44 ?KÊTCH Ot SOÏlNtO. 



acts of murder and polsoning, especlaily ihst 

 poisoning tbe Master of a Chinese junk to 

 whoiu he was indebted about 800D dollars, and 

 the assassination of Captain Sadler, to whonn bö 

 \vas indebted 30,000 dollars. Tbey added tbat 

 they expected his bad condiict woiild speedily 

 place tbern in tbe same situation as Sambas and 

 probablj draw on tbem tbe rescntnaent of tbe 

 English. 



Tbc Sultan assenled and told tliem since tbey 

 desired it, tbe Pangerang would be tbe Sultan. 

 The Panambaban arrlved next day and was in- 

 formed of tb is resolution. When be canie into 

 his fatber*s presence the old man severely re- 

 probated his conduct and advised bim to go in 

 pilgrimage to Mecca. Tbe Sultan also sent for 

 Mr. Burn^ whom be bad sometinae before swin- 

 dled out of a valuable cargo, and having re- 

 quested bis forgivenesSj desired bim to beware 

 of tbe Panambaban. as a man of naturallv bad 

 beartj and after his deatb to have no interviews 

 witb bim unless in public. On tbe deatb of the 

 old Sultan, tbe second brotber, desirous of not 

 being involved in bis fatber's dcbts, declined the 

 Iionor of being Sultan. The bcad-men, how- 

 cver, were at first refractory, and it was some* 

 tiuic before tbey could bc brougbt to acknow- 



