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and recovered the property. Rajah Laboo, in 

 coiijnnciiun with the Calana, raised a considera- 

 ble body of men, and marched against Rajah All*. 

 Amongst his followers" were several people from 

 RaLion, a district lying to the north-west of Me- 

 nangkabow, some of whom are asserted in their 

 progress to have abused a Rumbaw woman to 

 deatli. The indignaiion excited by the atrocity 

 ot this deed became so great and general that 

 Rajah Laboo, findng himself deserted by all his 

 principle adherents, wiih the solitary exception 

 of Pahal, Panghooloo of Uiimbbw llu, retired to 

 Malacca, where he at present rej^ides under the 

 self assumed title of lang de Pertuan of Sri Me- 

 nanti. 



Paha!, in the first instance, retired to Nanning, 

 but at a subsequent period returned to his own 

 country. Rajah K raj an crossed over to Pahang, 

 thence passed to Moar, and finally obtained a 

 footing in Nanning, the Panghooloo of wliich as- 

 signed him a residence at Ooloo Baltang Malac- 

 ca, the proximity of which to Rumbow caused 

 R^ijab Alii no slight uneasiness, m he feared the 

 ^ ulterior designs of Rajah Krajan. The people 

 of Raboo were compelled to quit that part of 

 the country in order to avoid the torrent of ge- 

 neral indignation consequent on the crime of a 

 portion of their body. Rajah Hadin, in conse* 

 quence of the retirement of Rajah Laboo, suc- 

 ceeded in obtainino[ the olBce of Ian? de Pertu- 

 an Besar. The revenues of the lang de Pertu- 

 an Moodah, are derived in a manner similar to 

 those of the lang de Perluan Besar, and Pan- 

 ghooloos Belantye. 

 The next office to that of Panghooloo in point 



