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small island of Linggin. An English merchantman was attacked 
by a French man-of-war somewhere in the Indian Archipelago, 
but, managing to make her escape, put into Rhio for protection. 
It must be remembered that, although the Dutch possessed a 
Colony here, it was as yet but in its infancy, and their authority 
merely nominal. The Englishman consequently relied upon the 
neutrality of the Rajah Moodah.” 
“Pangal, anxious as he was to obtain the merchantman as a 
prize, was therefore unable to seize her without the permission of 
Rajah Hadgi, which he accordingly sought and obtained upon con- 
dition that he should receive a fair proportion of the booty. 
Pangal lost no time in communicating with the Governor of 
Malacca, who forthwith despatched a fast sailing French corvette 
that was lying in the roads, by whom she was seized, carried to 
Batavia, and sold, the French and Dutch dividing the proceeds 
~ between them.” 
“ Rajah Hadgi in vain demanded his proportion of the prize, for 
the more powerful confederates laughed at his pretensions. In- 
dignant at this shameless breach of agreement by the Dutch, who 
were nationally concerned in it, the disappointed Rajah Moodah 
declared war against them the following year. To meet this declara- 
tion Francis Lenckner, the President of the Court of Justice, was 
despatched to Rhio from Malacca at the close of the year in 
command of about seventeen small vessels and six hundred troops, 
amost incongruous appointment for a man of law. lLenckner’s 
expedition terminated as might have been foreseen. He was not 
only totally defeated, and obliged to crowd all canvas in his 
retreat, taking with him the settlers of Rhio, but also to leave 
behind one of his vessels, which had been stranded on the bar, 
and could not be floated off.” 
“Flushed with this success, Rajah Hadgi determined the 
ensuing year to attack Malacca; he therefore equipped a fleet of 
one hundred and seventy vessels, carrying a large body of men, 
with which he sailed for the Moar River.” 
“The Dutch, as timorous in the hour of peril as they had been 
perfidious when the rule of the strongest was theirs, despatched 
one of their number, Abraham D’Wind, a gentleman whose 
influence with the natives was very considerable, to expostulate 
with the exasperated Rajah Moodah, and deprecate his vengeance. 
But if the Dutch really hoped that they could again cajole him, 
they were quickly undeceived by the rapid return of their 
