INHABITING THE MALAYA?* PENINSULA. 



tested; a war ensued, which terminated 

 in 1828 pretty much as it be^an. Kawal, 

 however, by virtue of the sulFrajjes of the 

 eleven out of the twelve Batins, and by the 

 support of the Rajah de Rajah, is ^tjenerally 

 considered the lejjitimatc cKwW In Johole. 

 the Bat ins have a simihir inHuonce hi tlie 

 election of the Fanjjfhnhi. 



It appears certain "hat, in former times, 

 the Baliris exercised such an influence in 

 the elections of the Malay chief; but we 

 must say that they have at the present time 

 lost a great part of it; for in Johole, Runi- 

 bau and several other places, they are so 

 few in number that such a fact would be 

 impossible, and tlie contempt which tlie 

 Malays have for them, as well as their own 

 natural disposition to tranquillity and 

 peace, scarcely permit us to bchcve that 

 sue! I is the case now even for Sun[i;ei Ifjouff, 

 where they are the most mnneroiis. 



