A JOURNEY IN JOHORE. 



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Tiie many dilliculties I had met witli 

 ill the several journeys I had already un-. 

 dertaken in the Malay countries, from the 

 petty chiefs who are estahlished in eacli 

 village, convinced me that it was almost 

 impossible to succeed in such journeys 

 without having previously obtained a re- 

 gular passport from the rulers of the Ma- 

 layan States. In September i846, \ there- 

 to i*e repaired to Sinpfapore to obtain from 

 His Majesty the Sultan of Johore and His 

 Hifjlniess the Tumongong of Singapore 

 the necessary permission to travel in the 

 Johore territory. As I was acquainted with 

 the mother of His Majesty the Sultan, I 

 had taken tiie precaution of obtaining from 

 Jiei' a lelt(*r of recommondaUoji to the Sut- 



