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. tains the mines of Ling^y. I have already stat- 

 ed that this cofotiy v%as founded between fitty 

 aod sixty years ago bv five inhabitants ui Bura- 

 buw, original !y from KhiQ, of the names respec- 

 tively of Kadit Alii, Jehuddin, luchi Aman. Lub- 

 bi J MID a II and Inohi Mahommed ; * the hist of 

 these still surviving and residing' at Linggy. 

 Tbe!»e individuals removed from Rum bow to a 

 place on tfie con^t between Tanjong KHng and 

 Quallo Ling^v, known i>y the name ol Kubu Achi, 

 or the Achmese fort, tradiiion stating that here 

 the Achinise erected a fort in the course of one 

 of their expeditious agaiust the Suliluuiiis of Ma- 

 lacca. 



The era girants had commenced clearing away 

 a spt.t for (he new f-ettlttment wht^n one of their 

 number wa- killed by a tree falling on him. The 

 gurviv(«r<. iofltteuced by ll»at superstitious feel- 

 ing so predi)mina!»t amongst the Malays, regard- 

 ed this cdsua-ty as a prohibition from Heaven 

 against their senling there; tltey tNeiefore has- 

 tily quirted the scene of their ndsfuriunes, and, 

 passing up tlie Lingijy river, obtained the sancti- 

 on and guarantee of Button Kalana, the chief uf 

 Soongei Oojong. to found the present colony of 

 Liriggy. 



At this period the infant settlement presettted 

 the same appearance of impenetrable jungle and 

 swamp, wliieb mm distini^uishes the adjacent • 

 wastes. Mangrove and banttw tiees chithed the 

 marshy and und rained plain< dmvn to the water's 

 ed^e» The Dattoo Kalana api)iaut(;d (nelii Aman 



l.insgi, I urn imlebtcd tn V.uni^it Niwboltl nf ih- ast! L. I., whoi-njoyM 

 u liivorab^^ opfKirmnity for jtrling i(, »nd tvUiiiisrly pcrrnlitle^f mc to 

 avail lUVBtll yl iij arid Lleud Uwilb thM derived frtin other u/nic^t. 



