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KAJAH OF JOHORE. 



considered to have been foriiicrly a leader of 

 pirates ; a»d whm ^^mw a brig he vm^ huild- 

 mgt itttatoaiLy ocM^£e4 to 0i£r mikds wbetiiBr 

 he was about to resort to his old practices. Wfe 

 proposed viHitiii^i;' this perpoiinti'e ; niid, on ar- 

 riving at the gateway, were met bj a peon, who, 

 Itfter delivering our message ^ t6e raj^, re- 

 gaeSttNi lis to wsdt ^ fer mlim^, iiiitil his 

 M^hmss WSSU^y, We did not wait long, for 

 the rnjab soon fippeared, and took ]iis e^eat, in 

 lieu of a throne, upon the highest ste[) of those 

 which led to his dwelling. His appeai'ance was 

 remarkable : he appedrei a mm of abouct forty 



years of age — tcetli pcrfL-et, but (|iiiti' Idack, irtnn 

 the cu^^toni of chewing tin- Ijotrl ronstaiitlv. His 

 head was large ; and his shaven cranium af- 

 forded m interesting plirenologic^l treat. He 



of tege bod) , and short, tlifek, m4 deformed 



]rty?., sciwt'vly able to su]>j)oi't tJio jjoitdrrous 

 trunk. His urek was tliiek and short, and liis 

 head liabitiuiUy stooped ; his face bloati tb with 

 tRe ioirer lip projee^ng, mA ha^c i vi s pro- 

 tradmgr Otto of them having a cats^ae^l iippedir^ 

 ance. He was dressed in a short paliMif cotton 

 drawers, a saroiii^* (tf cotton clotli canu' aeross 

 the slioulders in tlie form of a scarf, and tar- 



tiished* embrioite^d sUpprrs, hmik^U^* 



