Jelebu. 339 



The district within which the Yam Tuan's authority 

 extended was from Bandar Berangan up to Sungei Melentang, 

 that is to say, to Batu Gominting (in other words, a portion of 

 what is now Klawang) . 



Such was the limit of his private and direct rule from that 

 time down to the time of his descendant at the present day. 



And should he violate this understanding or the customs 

 of the country he may be deposed by his officers. 



" If a king be just he is reverenced if unjust checked/'' * 



Such was the order of things in former times, and the 

 boundary of Jelebu with Pahang is the place called Meranti 

 Sembilan_, f while the boundary with Sungei Ujong is Bukit 

 Tangga. 



Now Klawang is said to belong to Sungei Ujong for the 

 following reasons. 



Some time ago a son of the Datu Penghulu of Jelebu vio- 

 lated a daughter of the Penghulu of Klambu, and was compel- 

 led to marry her. Sufficient money to pay the fine exacted was 

 not forthcoming, and so in place of a money payment the 

 Penghulu of Jelebu gave Klawang (to Sungei Ujong), that is to 

 say, so much of it as is on the right as one goes up stream to 

 Sungei Ujong* and down stream so far as Lubok Kerbau Balir. 

 For any measure that the Yam Tuan wishes to take in the dis- 

 trict thus denned, he must first obtain the sanction of the 

 Government of Sungei Ujong. 



Such is the account of the origin of the present Government 

 which obtains in Jelebu, taken from the lips of those who are 

 most likely to be informed on the subject and who are unanim- 

 ous in their story. 



I may append a short account of the constitution of Jelebu 

 as I found it when I visited it about the middle of the present 



* The headmen hold that the present Yam Tuan has violated the con- 

 stitution, and he now resides in Klawang, with an allowance from the British 

 Government contingent upon his non-interference in the government of Jelebu. 



f This appears to have been the old Jakun boundary. It is low down on 

 the Triang river, is decidedly Pahang in its tendencies, and does not acknow- 

 edge the Penghulu. 



