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NoUvithstanding the proud feelings and quick 

 $eiise of sshame emertained by the Malays, who 

 will not submit to opprobrious epithets, much less 

 a blow, from even their owti princes, we find it re- 

 A. D. no*. Hef, corded in the iransactioKSof this pe- 

 riod that the Dutch degraded the 

 Malay writer oi Nanning from hissituation, mtiict- 

 cd on him corpora! punishment, and sentenced him 

 to perpetual banishment of eight miles irom ihe 

 fortress, for " havinj,^ ireacheroui>ly wounded oar 

 Juristulia, (native writer), Ancha Amman." 



The Panghooloo of Nanniii^, Orang Kaya Sing 

 Kajah Merah tendered his resignatiun, tliesame 

 A. D. my Hefi> year, of tbe dignity on account of 

 his increasing age and inffrmities : 

 it was accepted and bis broher, Sing Maharajah, 

 received the seal of the Company as the iiisignia 

 of Im office, but the inhabitants refused to 

 obey the new }*angh<it»loo, or Captain as the 

 Dutcit termed hitn, and the country altogether was 

 in such an unsettled and lawless state as to be 

 brought to the notice ofCuunciL The Captain 

 of Malays was directed to proceed lo Nauning 

 with Sing Maharajah and the Interpreter, and 

 proclaim the authority of the former , a measure 

 which npparentiy had ihe desired effect. 



Pursuing the narrative of events, we Tind that 

 A- mo. Heg, in 1720 the Captain, or Panghooloo, 

 1*5*- of Nanning preventf d the boats of 



his people from passing down the river, and op- 

 pressed tlie inhabitants to such an extent by the 

 imposition of illegal taxes and lines as to call forth 

 a severe reprimand irom the Dutch Government. 



