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chiefs, named Dattoo Pengawa Bukka, and 

 DattooBadgiPeng-Hadgi* thusrepticd, •' Agree* 

 ably to the constitution of the Empire, the el- 

 dest son must ever be selected to fill the va- 

 " cant throne. We therefore wish that Tuankoo 

 " Hous§ain may be proclaimed Sulthaun ofJo- 

 ** hore/* Upon hearing this speech Hajah Jajjhar 

 exclaimed iiiapeevishand discontented tone, "your 

 *' wishes run exactly counter to my own." The 

 two chiefs replied, ** If your highness be deMrous 

 '* of acting contrary to the custom established by 

 law, and of subverting the fundamental princi- 

 " pies of the empire, why did you assedrtble us 

 " for the purjjose^ of learning our sentiments? 

 •* The desire that we have expressed is in strict 

 " accordance with the law of the state, and if 

 A. mo. Beg. ** your highness, lyang de Peftuan 

 Moodah, persist in your eadea- 

 *• vor to set it aside, we must solemnly protest 

 ** against it as a violent infraction of the constitu- 

 tion/* 



The firm tone in which this speech was deli- 

 vered, and the force of^the arguments it contain- 

 ed, overpowered the Rajah Moodah» who quitted 

 the council without reply, the other chiefs fol- 

 lowing him, so that the agitating question of the 

 succession was left undecided i and, had Rajah 

 Moodah been the only person concerned in the 

 intrigue, it had probably fallen to the ground. 

 But, although Tuankoo Abdul Rachman himself 

 was thoroughly destitute of any hankering after 

 - empire, bin immediate relatives eagerly thirsted 

 after that reflected power which they would de- 

 4 rive from his exaltation. Accordingly, two of his 



