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sticks cross wise; by which means we had 

 a dry place to sleep upon. We experienced 

 no other inconvenience during the nifjht, 

 but that caused by the rain irom a Ihun- 

 dersionn w^liich burst over us. 



On llie third day, 1 arrived at the Malay 

 village. The chief being at his paddy field, 

 in a kampong situated a few miles up a 

 small river called Pingm, 1 was obliged to 

 repair to that place. I readied tlie Pang- 

 hulu s habitation at about two o'clock i*. m. 

 The title of tfiis chief is Pangiiulu Kissang, 

 from his having for many years ruled a 

 small place in tlie x'iver of that name. He is 

 an old man more than eighty years of age, 

 his eyes seem to amiounce fraud and de-- 

 ceitfuhiess, iiidden under a composed ap^ 

 pearance. His children, to the third and 

 fourtli generation, form a immerous fa- 

 mily. From information 1 received about 

 this personage, a few days after my arrival 

 at Malacca , 1 am induced to bcUeve that 



