CHAPTER L 



QeotfTaphk&l posUUn of the Malayan Pemnmla—Disirihuci- 

 vn tff the Siamese, MaUfjs, artd A hori^ines in it^Nainet of 

 thBprinajml Malayan States. —General remarks on theabo- 

 rigiml tfibeB.^Malayan Leg^uds rislalive /a th^^m 

 Their hahUs and cnttoms.'-^Meihod of duslrtfytng wild 

 €iephant$.—Or caichtng the rhinoceros,— Made of barter 

 carried bet^^een them and the MafayS.'-Bes^ription 

 of the Oran^LaHt v^'tth observations on antkropofkag^. 

 ^Traditwns, iuperstiltous, and cf.remoniiS prevalent 

 avwngst ike aborigiites —Sri Turi Sttwma founds Stnga- 

 pura^sticcc^'ded by Paduka Pekaram Wira—ntign of 

 Sri iJaat'i W.kfiraTn.^Reign of Sri MaharajaL^Sri hk- 

 anderSkah ancends the throne,^ Betrayed b\j his father^in^ 

 law. Sang Ranjuna Tapa, to the Javanese, and ei^eapet to 

 Moar with the hs$ of his kingdom,-'Fomds the dtp 

 Malacca, ^^ucceeded fnj Rajah Betar Moodaht—by Rajah 

 Tengah, and Rajah Kickil Besar, who, on tmbra^-xng the 

 Mussdjmn failK assumes the Htle of SuUhaun Muhmned- 

 Shak.—Rtrigns of othernative prtTtces,— Proofs that nU- 

 laccn t£>«5 naf tributary to Siam.—The Porttiyuese, vnder 

 Atbuquerque^ conquer Malacca,— Different centest$ be* 

 tween the Portuguese and Jtative powers,— The Dutch 

 wrest Malacca from the Portvguese, 



TBE best authorities have laid down the ^eo* 

 graphical limits uf the Malayan Peninsula as be- 

 ing comprized within the Latitudes of 8d. 27m,, 

 or, according to Horsburgh, 8d. 09m. north, 

 corresponding to the northernmost point of the 

 neighbouring island of Junk Ceylon, ai^d Id. 22m. 

 north, which is the latitude iti which point Ro- 

 mania, itft south eastern extremity, lies. 



