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verned by four dati&QSy under the protei5tion, or dominion of the two 
fangerdns^^ of Soong^-lams^ and Somgey-etam, who each have polieffions 
on different parts of the river which flows through the town : the prin- 
cipal fvvay being in the hands of hinij of the t^vo, who has moft perfonal 
ability. They are conftant rivalsj though upon familiar terms with 
each other, and are only rcllrained from open war, by the authority 
of the Englifh. Thefe^ properly, are not Malay ^ but native, country 
princes. 
The fettlers on the rivers of Leenmn^ Batang and Pacallang-jam*' 
hoQ ; who are colon ifts from Msmifgcah&w^ eftablilhed in thofe places^ 
on account of the gold trade; are governed, each, by four dattoos like* 
wife, who, though not immediately nominated by the fuitdn^ are con^ 
firmed by, and pay tribute to him. The Lemoon dai/^^os, whofe fituation 
is moft foutherly, receive alfo the invefliture, with title, MJi^o (gar* 
menc), and day/ar (turban) from the fukan of Paiembang ; which is a 
political proceeding, and adopted by thefe merchants, for the conveni- 
ence it may be produd:ive of, in their trade with that place. I am un- 
certain whether the title of " Rait so" j which is of confiderable dionicy, 
be Malay or nor but incline to think, nothwithftanding the aear affinity 
jii found to " danoo", that It is an original or country word. 
Indrapmr was once the feat of a monarchy of feme confideration and 
extent. Its antiquity appears from an hiftorical account given by the 
fultan of Bant am y to C&rnetHe k Brun ; in which it is mentioned, that 
the fon of the Arabian prince who firi! converted the Javans to Maho- 
metanifm, about the year 1400, having got himfelf declared fovereign 
of Biintam^ under the title of pMngeran^ married the daughter of the 
raja of Indrapouray aiid had, as her portion, the country of the SiUa* 
hates ^ a people of Banca-houhu. This was probably the firft dlfmem- 
berment, which the Javan monarchs long availed themfelves of ; and 
fmce, the kingdom of Indrapour has dwindled into obfcurity. From its 
Aaae-iboDgey- jyjj^j fpruHg that of Amc-foongsy ; extending, on the fea coad, from 
* A tide introduced from y^iA*, by ihc fultani of Buntm^ 
