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S)iuG« naiucd Malacca. ]nihls blitp 

 were ft] J tba rnateriaS iitcesfisary fur 

 foutidin^r a poIdik}', The iuimlgrantf 

 were tliviileij intd five parties^ one, wun 

 dl rec ted to 1 1 1 e fo 0 1 i»f J olmle {iti Q Ro I ti - 

 boo, aootlier ; ajtceiiding tlic river Liiiga 

 to its source, t5Gtl.letl tlieic; Uvo othcrfi 

 penetr^itin^ fui thcr into the interior of 

 iha ooLoiry iixtid themselre^^ oue at 

 Klanci nod the other at JelisWu. 



The Baiiu-Alflui cstivblishcd liitwself 

 Qn the burdei' of Uie Beaj and reserved 

 fbi< liimskidf Che Jaovcrcign powcr.^ Tki- 

 chieirt who f^staUii^beiL theniiielvts in 

 the above aieniiuaed provinces, fl^erc 

 only his vassal a. 1 may ren^ark tiiat 

 tbegruiid Batin, wbooj I visiied t^eve- 

 taI years slttci^,&tUl assumes to hlm^^eU 

 the ^Ama rights of Siiaermiu 



The whip of BaEin-iViaiii ivas not 

 destroyed— it ^tiU exist^j thcysaj, un- 

 der a mountain of the rfciilusula,^' 

 As loD§f as thia chief lived, ihc Maii- 

 tra$ remained free ^^ousi^bsors of the coun- 

 try. It waF not liU long afterwardis that 

 the pen p J e^ regarded eve 0 wow as an- 

 thropophiigoud by certain historianij, 

 cau'ierrom Sucu^tra^ threw themselFesi 

 into the couotry, aod |m&bed ihcit cou" 

 quests a couHderable way into the in- 

 terior. The Battadts^ such k the 

 Eaiue of tbiis people^ t^laughlered and 

 destroyed a great number of the Man- 

 tras. There however among ihe 



■aurc«| in tLe hi^rj of iliir deluf*. 



