CHAP. va. 



The Empire of JohoTe^Cittf when founded— Attacked ike 

 Portugucst— Malacca and Menatt^kabow iuhjcct to it — 

 Natural productions— Pttattcai kahzts of tff natives^ 

 OccupaiioiiS a/ tht difen ai hlmdBrt—The Tttmhoo- ' 

 soo race, a wandering sort of Bea pip&Us — Beadly enmi- 

 ty existing bcttceen the Johor^ and the Lu/mni pirate^^ 

 Track geneTaUy pnriued hj the pirates at different sea- 

 sons of the year — Other stales piratically engaijed— 

 Remarks mpiracij — The Dutch autharity at Rhio at^ 

 tempts to destroy a pirate Jieet ai iJie CarirnQni-^Mc" 

 thod of extirpating piracy^-Tahle of the maritime po- 

 pulation of Johore—lut of the piratical chief Genealo- 

 gy of tht More R'-ijahs— Priesthood of Johore^Form of 

 Government — Early history of Johore — /Jescrtj/fion of Pa- 

 hang — Ttn minev and harbour of Pahang^ — Its produce — 

 Trwgar.o. — Description of ttand itsinh/ihitants^Adminis- 

 trattoii of Justice— Patani— formerly governed by qtuens— 

 Conquered by the blcvok king^De^cription of Siagora and 

 i{$ yii<imese temples — i^ew tovan of Singora — its trade — Tri- 

 btiinrif to Smm^ Village of fCv-yeo—Ligore—Canguered by 

 the SiantHe — Superstilwi of Malays relative to lu,ky and 

 xudKcfty d.'iti^—Cjpif of 'i Mid'itf Aliiwmc b*io«giag to the 

 Ilajah uf Jahore, hy winch nuiriiimi' ^ rpeditumt are regu- 

 latedf witha Cransiation, and explamtion, 



TOE city ofXoborc, which was founded by 

 Suhhaun Mahomed Shah ia 1512, after his ex- 

 pulsion from Malacca by the Portuguese, was in 

 former times very large, aud haad&oraely built, 

 but, this having been destroyed by the Portu* 

 guese iu 1603, * a new one was built higher up 

 the river* The city was first visited by the 

 Dutch under the Admiral Jacob Hcemskerk and 



