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deemed it an anogation of authority, and sent a 

 sharp reprimaad» whereon the Chiefs confessed 

 that they had orerstepped their authority. No 

 occurrence worthy of note is to be met with f»>r 

 a period of twelve* years» wbeii au a. u. lew. Weg, 

 expedition under the command of 

 Mr. Fruitnian, the Secretary to Government, waa 

 despatched against the Nuuningites. This party 

 having fallen in with twenty-six peaceable villa- 

 gers driving a lar^e herd of buflaloes honi^i totfteir 

 stalls in the cool of the evening, wai»tonly fired a 

 volley into them, thereby kiUing two individuals. 

 The poor and unpfiending Burvivor;* made their 

 escape, bearing away, it is supposed, one of their 

 unfartimate friends as only one body was found, 

 the head of which the viclonoiu iroiypa cut off and 

 bore in triumph to Malacca. The Governor and 

 Members of Council, instead of reprobating tliis 

 dastardly outrage, actually pa^^sed a Hesolution 

 to the effect that " they were perfectly snti-fied 

 with the ikvoralile terniination ot ihts expedition, 

 m the result^ they trusted, would be productive 

 of much good, and intimidate the rebelliotis Me- 

 nangkabowa from disturhityg the tranquillity of 

 Malacca/ * In Septefnber of this year the Pang- 

 hooioo of Nanning obtained per- a. 0. len. He^. 

 mission of the Dutch Government 

 to enter into an alliance with Uumbow, and in 

 1701 Nanning was ceded to the a. D. mi. Reg. 

 Dutch by what was termed a Trea- 

 ty of Protection . 



* Iiun ftrraid ttwttny re«l«rv ta^ be tnrlined lo fflup«ct me of endca- 

 iroriiii tntht ti>re«olDg paragrapU t« throw tulJcolt *Mo<[^xy o»'il)e 

 Dntclu I must therefore stv^ure them tJml it ig owjriv h liipral tnuislati- 

 on yt their own siecouot oi Uac t»roceedtng, and iioi at MJi hebhtcitejl in 

 ^bed«tiiii, ^ 



