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itN vctaii**?'. THe set'Oiid reaiiftn of (lie 

 cause of tfii; dcen denial! of the A>tilayan 

 nfititm i? tills: Pulo rjtiang'i Mfllucca 

 find SincTiipoiT^ li^vc bm'Oiiic uiiili'rthe 

 Bfiinti G^tvt^riiuient, fief p'>ifs where 

 \Up Miii^yji have be* ii alUiTTpd ti> efity- 

 h\h\\ tKem«;elvea. Bciitij!; that ihej 

 CDiilit witlioiit atjy tibsUirli: trade wxlh 

 thes'u |U)rtj^, tUey have leFl llic iiktetiar 

 of the peiiiiijiiihi, irlicrc Lhi^y do not 

 ciijity the s^uiiic Irecdtjiii itrjd lifjirty, lo 

 EL^itlu iiltiii^t^tiKT in iiijc of tUr^i'r tiirec 

 BrUi^i^h SfttJciiit'iil^!^, Ilrticc the hq]]- 

 |iid« <ii the ititi'tiur of the pctnnguln 

 and the d»H'adetutr wf llic f^ultjins and 

 of tlic uiitiuii^ Tha lliird refisou the 

 Rertviidizenierit tif tUtj nwblcs to the de- 

 liiinenl: &f their t^u^ci'alus ; Rntl BiiaDy 

 tilt: ctTorts the English nni( thr Pntch 

 have made to s>jf>|Hu-£. iUh a^iandizc- 

 tneritj that they Uiiglit by cjppofiinp; two 

 rival powrr-i Uf cadi other , weak aiirl 

 desitroy binh, hillmviug the (tiaxiiii; 

 divider a et rigtiarf. 



The Peiiinjiiila wn^^ in nndent timp, 

 a purl of the Kiu^tiom of Hiaai : hut 

 for many years past it has become 

 quite Independent of tbis Kiugdntn, 

 though ihe Kiri^ of StaiOi e¥ei) £ihice 

 the war of 182 1 , levies a sort of hfrna- 

 rary thbiite in the provint-es of Que- 

 dab, Patain, Claaraiit Triiignnu. 

 This tribute consists generally in a fi-tv 

 !a1uii aiuong the abori^xtnefl. 

 who arc aiiiiually stut to the King of 



