44, EXPEDITION INTO INTERIOR OF SUMATRA, 
What then was the actual condition of Djambi? In 1834, 
the Netherlands Government had signed a treaty with the 
Sultan, who, no longer feeling himself able to cope with his 
discontented subjects, had made the firstadvances. But when 
in 1855, Ratou Aumap NarsarouppIn succeeded him, difficul- 
ties arose, resulting in a military expedition to Djambi, which, 
by an attack on the Kraton, drove out the Sultan. The Gov- 
ernment appointed Sultan Auman as his successor, and was 
satisfied by erecting asmall fort, in which a weak garri- 
son was stationed, leaving the conduct of the new Sul- 
tan to be controlled by a Political Agent. The expelled 
Sultan, generally known as Soutan Tana, retired to the 
interior, where, fixing his residence at Telok Perdah on the 
Batang Hari, near the mouth of the Tabir, he managed to 
attract a number of followers. 
His anthority, though insignificant, was recognised by 
all the Chiefs along the Hari and its tributaries as far as 
the mouth of the Tembesi. 
Sultan Auman, lacking the power to make himself res- 
pected, was obliged to submit to the existing state of things 
and to conclude atreaty of amity with his predecessor, by 
which the boundaries of the territory of each were fixed. 
Meanwhile, the resentment of Soutan Tanya against the 
Europeans who had deposed him did not diminish, and he 
did not cease to incite revolt among all who could be con- 
sidered friendly towards the Netherlands Government. 
The unfortunate results of such a state of things were, as 
might have been expected, experienced by our comrades, 
who in a steam-launch were engaged in making a survey 
of the rivers; they were obliged to suspend their labours 
owing to the hostile attitude of the natives, who prevented 
their further advance. As I have already stated, the expedi- 
tion had been divided into two parties, one of which was de- 
tailed to explore the highlands, the other to survey the river 
Djambi and its affluents. The leader of the latter was Mr. 8. 
ScHouw Santvoort, an officer of the Netherlands Navy, who, on 
his decease, was succeeded by Lieutenant C. H. CoRNELISSEN. 
A steam-launch was placed at their disposal,—a boat 
perfectly suited to the work in hand owing to its dimensions 
and its small draught of water. The other members of the 
