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tincks. named IbraWm and Mahomed, alarmed 

 at the in iec'i'iioa and agitation wliich Rajah Ja- 

 phar had displayed, proceeded, directly that the 

 assembly had thus abruptly broken up, to the 

 house of their sister Inchi Mariara. Tuankoo Ab- 

 dul Rachman s mother, and carried her along 

 with them to the step pister of the Rajah Moodah, 

 Tuankoo Bo.>ntet. both of which ladies po^isessed 

 great influence witli him. The whole party, ac- 

 companied by a chief, named Inchi Ka!uo» catfed 

 upon Rajah Moodah Japh^r that evening, and 

 eventually Bucceeded in binding him firmly to the 

 cause ofTuaukoo Abdul Rachman, a. 0. ibio. He|, 

 whom the junttf proclaimed as so- 



vereign that eveuing. 



Thefollbwingraorningthemembera of the cabal 



proceeded to the resideuce of ihe newly elected 



monarch, who, having heard somewhat of the in* 



trigues that wore carrying on in his favor, had 



closely secluded himself eince tlie death of hi« 



father, in the hope that when not encouraged by 



him they would die away. When the door of 



his room was opened. (Rajah Moodah is accused 



of having forced it) this chief thuu addressed him, 



The body of your late father, and our sovereiga, 

 " lies still uuburicd. You are aware that, ac- 

 '* cording to our custom, it cannot be committed 

 *' to the earth, until the successor to the throne 

 " be appointed. Your brother is stlU absent, 



and w^o can tell when he will arrive? There 

 *' is consequently no one but yourself eligible to 

 •* the crown and tl^e election has fallen unani- 



mously on you." 



Tuankoo Abdul Rachman thus replied, '* my 



