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^fiifirnifc tn their rule without enqyir- 

 iiig ivlicther tlni SulUii U obeyed 

 f»r nfit hy his offii^ers, who urn their 

 i<iitiicdi itc chif^f^, Thc^^ff pniicf»9 do 

 iiQt bifar th« (itl« of rajstli ; they sirR 

 «fiiisficd with timt i>f puni^uhinh : but 

 ill lUe iHMU t thi:y aretjalkA tlatoli?* find 

 Ku.iictiniets by stfaugL-rs rajahi^. These 

 pjiti^uluolia ur rl itoJis gwvcm a diatrict 

 cutyiiiiitly with certaki noljJes inferior 

 tutliemstlvest who are by right (imm- 

 cinors of Ptiite and who are called 

 iiraiig'besiir tir tfekoo. The tmmher 

 oi thesic oraiii^ besar Taiies iiccord' 

 \ tit the itiijiortaiicc iif the diti- 

 trict or pmviiiue. In the Peninsula 

 w(,^\\ n«i in SiimafrJ, though the 

 pinver of the ^sultmis bis only UdinhiJilj 

 yet thev maintain theif right and pri- 

 Vflegfi ; their p urn pons title'* of /\:ti/g of 

 khi^ii^ of the Luni of the uir und 

 ciaudsi oi the Umtenmit nj this Htmmt, 

 of the ma Her of thti third part of (he 

 forfsts Makttiiimatf [ ihc virtue of 

 ivliidi is to make at^y matter ily ;) 

 ian whose ej/€S similar the uud to Ihe 

 mn and the aiher £o the tnomt. In 

 their edicig, the Sultans of Suniati a 

 set their Hi^^tiaturcs a* follim'^s — the. 

 eid^si lirathcr^ Snltan af VoiuiaidifKf" 

 ff!e : Stciiiid brother. Suit an of China 

 i -te ^mtngeH brut her ^Su It a n of M m ang' 

 kahmi, Tlieae asaumccl privileges, 

 ridiciiloi]!^ and cibsnrd itHc^i arc hi nit 

 rray disputed to thenij as loni: a9 thc^y 

 do not try hy ioixc to make people 



