216 RAJA HAJI. 
Muda was wearing, but he did not take any notice and merely told 
the boys to paddle on, and ifany of them ducked their heads when 
bullets few by he struck them with a rattan whip which he carried.” . 
“One day a lone ketch belonging to the Dutch approached the 
shore at Pulau Alus and was becalmed there. Six or seven penja- 
japs immediately came out and attacked her, and then there was 
lagum! lagam! a tremendous cannonade—and that ketch very 
nearly had to yield, and we very nearly got her. The Commander 
of the party who attacked her was a Panglima, named Inche Kubu, 
who had a ghurab fifteen fathoms long. During the fight the poop 
(baranda) of the Dutch vessel caught fire and a number of 
her crew had got into their boats and were ready to pull out 
to sea, but a strong wind got up and several vessels were. 
able to sail up to her assistance, so the penjajaps had to sheer 
off and the ketch got away. Then night came on and fighting 
ceased, only to begin again next day, and so it went on day 
after day; if there was plenty of wind the ships stood in, and if it 
was calm the penjajaps went out and gave battle and at night all 
fighting stopped. The vessels of both sides were so close some- 
times that conversation took place between those on board; for 
among the crews of the Dutch ships there were here and there a 
few men of Bugis descent, born in Malacca and related (ber-kerabat) 
to the Bugis of Riau. The former would perhaps call out ‘ What 
is one to do? One takes employment where there is food to be 
got; but that need not interfere with our relationship. Or a 
Dutch sailor would sing out ‘Hi! you Malay (or Bugis), to-morrow 
we ’ll havea good fight, eh?’ And the Malay or Bugis would 
answer back ‘ All right.’ This is what I myself have heard from 
the lps of old men.” 
“One day the Dutch attacked the stockades of the Siantan men 
on Pulau Peningat, having landed a force of soldiers by means of 
boats at the back of the island. They fell upon the Siantan men 
unawares duringa heavy shower of rain and took all the stockades, 
the defenders scattering and taking to the jungle. Then the Dutch 
landed a quantity of dogs and hunted down all those who had 
escaped and were hiding in the woods. When the dogs found one 
they barked, and then the soldiers came up and shot him, and the 
musketry fire was like the popping of the rice-grains when bertih is 
being roasted. Thus, all the Siantan men on Pulau Peningat were 
killed, not one was left, for there was no time to run away.” 
“ Attracted by the crackling (meng-keritup) of the musketry fire 
at Pulau Peningat, the penjajaps at Kwala Riau made for that 
