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nication between that state and tlie neigh- 

 bouring ones renders it enliiely solitary ; 

 and its great distance botli from tfie sea 

 of Siam and from the Straits of Malacca 

 makes its commerce of very little import- 

 ance; it appears liowever tliat some tin 

 mines are worked there, the produce of 

 wJiich finds its way to the Pah an g marked 

 by the river. 



On our arrival at Jellabu, we called 

 upon the lang Dipertuan, commonly nam- 

 ed the Suitan. 



We could not see him at that moment; 

 several supejstitious practices which were 

 then performed, on tlie occasion of the 

 Sultan's son being sick, prevented our 

 being allowed to enter the premises till the 

 evening. We remarked tliat all the doors 

 by whicli the kampong was entered bore 

 at their upper part a range of lanceolated 

 leaves of a yellowish colour; tliP object of 

 vvliich, according to the explanation given 



