Kesoooia de Laga, is exhibited in atreej the ma- 

 terials being derived from a Dutcli translatioii o f 

 the original Malay io the possession of the Tuan- 

 koo, for which I am indebted to the same friend 

 who put me in possession of the preceding infor- 

 mation. 



1 will now adrert to the Priesthood of the 

 kingdom of Johore. Essentially a Mussulman po- 

 pulation, little variety can be expected in ihe 

 following- remarks, and, as my principal object 

 is to supply such information within niy power 

 as has either not hitherto been given to the world, 

 or hm been confined to a limited circle, I shall, 

 avoiding the weit-known topic of the Mabomme- 

 dan religion, slightly touch upon the pecubari- 

 tie^ of that faith, as relative to the dynabty of Jo- 

 hore. After these few preli miliary remarks, I 

 may observe that the Johorcans have a High 

 Priest, whose situation and office is one of great 

 influence. The only High Priest of Johoreof 

 whorn i have an account, wa$ a Siamese by birth, 

 although of Menangkabow parentage; hi-* name 

 was Abdnl-Waap. He was chosen by Sulthaun 

 Mahmood Shah as High Priest, and bmally in- 

 vested by him as such. 



On the demise of his patron, Abdul Waap went 

 to Pulo Pinigad, where he sought and obtained 

 the countenance of Tuankooo Poutri, the most 

 influential * of the widows of the deceased Sul- 

 thaun, and became the High Priest of herself 

 and the Royal Family, as well as that of the no- 

 bility. 



This High Priest died in October 1824 in the 



