IN THE MENANGKABAW STATES. !55 



journey in, two Malays consented to accorn^ 

 pany us as guides and coolies. 



On the eleventh, at seven o'clock a, m. 

 we left Alorgaja, diiecting our journey 

 towards Johole, the most south-east of the 

 Menangkabaw states. The boundaries of that 

 state with the Company's ground are form- 

 ed by a line supposed to be drawn from a 

 small mountain called BuJdt PuUts, passing 

 by another called Baitang Malacca ^ and ter- 

 minating at the foot of mount Ophir, At 

 about eleven we passed the boundaries of 

 the Company's territory a few miles west 

 of Bukit Putus, and entered a small state 

 called TatHping, from the name of a high 

 mountain. Three chiefs termed Panghulus 

 rule over this small place. They told me 

 that they were only dependant on Syed 

 Saban, formerly chief of Rumbau, now 

 residing at Malacca, though, on the other 

 hand, the actual chief of Humbau, a few 

 days after, declared the contrary. By about 



