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the principal river, which is very wide. The 

 English established a&maH factory here in 1610* 

 which they subsequently abandoned in 1623- 

 Mr. Mcdhtir$t statesf t^^^t the Dutch, at one 

 period, esiublis^hed themselves here, but, as 1 do 

 not know the data uj^on which he goes, I am un- 

 able to decide whether this were really the case, 

 or whether the two nations may not have been 

 conrminded. a (supposition which appears probable 

 fmra the.tblUiwing pa^^sage of Mr, M's journal 

 which would hint at iut, information on that point 

 being meagre; •* The people in general," he re- 

 marks, seemed scarcely to kuow that the Datch 

 had e^er been there ; and, lo nvy questions regard^ 

 iiit'' the former inhabitants of the colony, they re- 

 turned very vague answerB/' 



We learn fiom Floris X that Patani was foimer- 

 ly governed by queens, but was conquered by the 

 black kin- of Siam. or Rajah Api, about A. D. 

 1603. Hamilton informs us that in A. D. J 703 § 

 it still formed part of the empire of Johore, the so- 

 verei-^n ofwhicb kinj^dom paid tribute for it to 

 Siam! About A. D. 1786, it was finally | wres- 

 ted from that t^tate by the Siamese monarch, 

 and in 183^2, as 1 have previou^ily shewn, it suf- 

 fered the horrors of a third irruption. The new 

 town lies up a small river that fail^ into the prin- 

 cipal river, 1[ but the water on the bar is sn shal- 

 low that none but the smallest class of sampam\ 

 or boats, can cross it. in consequence of which 

 its trade is going rapidly to decay. The Ghinese 



• AndcTMn'* Cftnityi'nitioin rrTatWc to (lie Mai. Vpmn. p. 40, 



* y- . QiianerlvaiTonide Vol.4|»fft ITJ, 



* , . atJiiii nuv. cull. irav. Vul, l- p. 439. 



* Hamu; ' v.- , „• ■ Tast ludtes vol. II p. U7, 



' *' ! ilil'llli Ul "ftp™- 



41, 111 fiupnk. 



