lagc caHed Pang-Kallang Kota, situated a sliort 

 distance from the month of the river. The pre- 

 sent Chief, who succeeded his father about 1830, 

 was very yoim^ whe^ the demise of his father 

 occurred, artd was consequently unable to repress 

 the turbulence and ambition of his relatives, 

 many of whom have shaken off the yoke of allegi- 

 ance and declared themselves independent. 



His Uncle, Tuaiikoo Tuan, chief of Si Gannat. 

 a village situated on a minor branch of the Aioar 

 river, and containing somewhere about four hun- 

 dred houses, was one of the first to take this 

 step, and his example was speedily followed by 

 Inchi Ahat, imd Inchi Mahomed, two distant 

 cousins of the Tamoongong, who reside generally 

 at a village called Soongie Dua, (literally, two 

 rivers?), which is situated on the eastern bank of 

 the Cassang river, not far from Mount Ophir, 

 These individuiili;, taking advantage of the dis- 

 turbed state of the interior, forcibly possessed 

 themselves in 1832 of a large tract of land, lying 

 at the foot of Mount Ophir, the proprietary right 

 of which was a disputed point between the Bri- 

 tish and the Tamoongong, They, moreover, le- 

 vied the tenth of the produce of the soil from the - 

 inhabitants, and expelled Inchi AUang, who had 

 been appointed Paoghooloo by the British, when 

 they had in 1829 removed inchi Bauniah from 

 that office. These two last are said to stand in 

 the same degree of relationship to the Tamoon* 

 gong as Inchi Ahat, and Inchi Mahommed. 



There is yet another office, that of Rajah de 

 Hajah, or Rajah 8 hah bandar, of Soongie Oojong^ 

 who is a person of considerable importance, ha- 

 ving jurisdiction over every thing connected with 



