flee lions of ill e Malay chief i« of JifTKu}, 

 Songeioujoiifi:, Jelebu, ami Kbm. 'I hc 

 new B a till is reuo^^imed by ihe Paii|:;^u- 

 or the chMs of the Malay courvtrle?* 

 abovenamcd. The reciprocal rights, 

 hovrever, liavo ikiw iiCEirly fiillci) iiitu 

 disuse. Under the Grund Bsitiii there 

 arc several inferior (■hiefs, whu arc 

 vasssalij but also called Batins:. 'Va be 

 legitimate they must be nanied by 

 tiie grutud chht The Puii^tilui^, wtm 

 always seek to eucfoadiupmi tlierl^^hta 

 of Ihe aboriginal ctiidii have arro- 

 gated to theni^elvcit the ri^ht oH nam- 

 ing these petty chiefs- To the Gmnd 

 Bat ill bcJorigB iJie tight to (feride 

 upon war or peaee, and to cordinii 

 the jud^menls u\ the inferior Ba* 

 tins. Eiich Batiti in hh di*^trH:t has 

 the power of life or death over Iii^ mh- 

 jecis, a riglitj howtwer, wlikh they no 

 longer exercise, tfnder the ^^rand fJa- 

 tin and also under the inferior BEitine 

 there arc two other subaltern duef^, 

 the one called Jenuanj^or viceroy, and 

 the other Juror Crack, the Ma^iiitrate, 

 or he wlio transmits the ordtjrs. Snqli 

 b in priiunppl the Goycrntneut oi the 

 savages of the Peninsula — auch are 

 the ancieat ou^tom^; but in the^e days^ 

 the different diiefs are separated^ and 

 each governs the fanjilies which ^x- 

 tUer around them, and it is only in 

 very extraordinary caHea that they 

 meet toj;ether to deli berate- 

 The Manlrait, like thy otlitr wan- 



