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hie to give even an approximating guess ok to the 

 Bern in which the foundation of the legend is 

 \md. The latig de Pertuati, or Suithaim. of Jo- 

 liore built a large vessel, which, in dtspiie ofevory 

 elFort made to launch her, remained immovab e 

 GO the stocks. Matters continued in this state 

 until the SuUhaun dreamed one inght that, if a 

 pregnant female of the blood- ray nl were to lie at 

 full length across the ways of the vessel the pre- 

 ternatural obstruction would be removed, and 

 fbe ve«sei glide oi^er the body of the victim into 

 her destined element. He affection aiely tender- 

 ed thn extraordinary honor to his daugfuer, but 

 this lady had no ambition to become a martyr in 

 such a cause, and resolutely declined* Fortu- 

 nately lor the Rajahs peace ofmind» his eldest 

 sister was equally qualified, and infinitely more 

 wiUing, to faifiU the conditions of the dream; 

 she unhesitatingly stretched her person before 

 the stern of the ponderous vessel, v?hich, the 

 charm being thereby dissolved, passed over her 

 and htr unborn babe, and sought those waters 

 which thenceforth were to be its Iiome. The 

 Sulthaun, in conjunction with bis minis icr-*, de- 

 creed that in consequence the crown »hoyld pass 

 from the son of his degenerate daughter, and be 

 entailed thenceforward on the son of the eldest 

 sister of the reigning monarch. 



The Paoghooloos ofihese four states exercise 

 individually all the rights of sovetoignty. They 

 levy fine;*, promulgate decrees, and inHict capi- 

 tal punislimenl; ihese acts of eeignority have 

 been denied to the Panghooloo of Nantiiiig by 

 the Dutch in th^ first instance, and by their sue* 

 cessors^ the English, in the second, on the ground 



