aliine have the privclcge of gatherinij 

 iti b/ ltd magic virtue llicy acquire 

 Id a very slioit lime great ccbbrltf, 

 and Ufa foil wed by uti iufiuity of 

 lovers ; or if it i*e n man, any tmmber 

 of ijiveetheartif, fur aiihongh the man 

 cannot ^ut^ier it, he may svlca) it. 



Proud lif ilieir llberiy, and friends 

 fjf freedom, thou^^h subjcoted to the 

 Malays by ri^ht of eon quest, they are 

 ruled and ^jotferiied a«CJirdirtg to their 

 aactent ei]8Eoms by certain of iheir own 

 «bief^ who have all auihoi ity io their 

 lespet'tive diatrltUs, The power of the 

 Malays^ over them is nomlmd ; they 

 disjrerae aasenvble, deliberate, ju'i^e 

 rrimefl and jnimsh culprits without 

 any acknowled|!;ed coiilroL As in an- 

 t-tent; d*y^*, the Mantras are governed 

 by an old chief called Barin, or fiaitt 

 A'(jpfl/a— adminisfcratiir oi the laivn— 

 who IS like the Sultan of the raep ; 

 this Batin deecendB trom the Impffriil 

 family. Before lie die^j he chooH^eJ 

 his suCcCisWOi' who is aoceptftil ami an- 

 hjiowledged by the nation, but he i-n > ' 

 not choose one of his tm'ri tdijhln 

 and must select a Frluce of th« hhntl. 

 The grand Bntln ne^ociaFcii; on eqttal 

 terms with the Malay 8iittan, Whrn he 

 «;oes ont OD ceremony, he niardie^i in 

 I he centre of a cortege preceded by 

 a vthHe banntir. The proccs.'^ion h 

 headed by the yellow t^tandard bearer 

 and closed by the red standard bearer* 

 The grand BatiD tak^e part in the 



