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Dutch, according to their agreement. 



"The men of Johorthen returned to their country, and the 

 Dutch remained in possession of Malacca; and from that time to 

 the present, the Dutch and the men of Johor have been on the 

 strictest terms of friendship. 



" lhis is the account of former times/' 



To return to the -subject of the Undang undang Mahn/u, it will 

 appear, from what I have previously stated, that the collection, as 

 far as regards the Malayan nation separately, is nearly completed, 

 but as I have in view the more extensive plan of embracing the 

 original institutes of the various nations among the eastern Inlands, 

 some time may elapse before it may be in any considerable degree 

 of forwardness. 



Of those there will be the institutes of Java and of the Bugis 

 States on the Island of Lelakussun, which are first in importance. 



On the Island of Java there are several Undang undang cele- 

 brated to the Eastward, but as the whole Island of Java was once 

 under the dominion of the ancient Emperor of Susuhonang Q-ire 

 Apoioi that is still acknowledged to a certain extent, these may no 

 doubt be traced to one source and authority; the difficulty that has 

 hitherto existed in communicating with Java in consequence of the 

 Dutch establishment, has prevented the acquisition of the most 

 importance. The Javanese laws are arranged in native codes of 

 considerable antiquity, and were collected many years back by the 

 Dutch Government for the guidance of their different officers; of 

 this collection I possess a copy, winch will at any rate assist in 

 the compilation or translation of more genuine codes from native 

 authority, whenever circumstances may admit of a communication 

 being opened with the Javanese Jiajas and Nobles. 



From the Bugis and Macassar nations of Tanah Ugi (Celebes) 

 1 have already received detached parts of the Undang undang] but 

 the copies that have yet reached mo are so incomplete- and inaccu- 

 rate, and bear such recent traces of being but imperfect transcripts 

 from abetter digested and regular code, that they cannot be depend- 

 ed on, and rather excite than satisfy enquiry. I have long adopted 



