SUMATRA, 
Mandaot a t IV tt 10 that of Om i the prcfent capital ot wbicn, if IajcIi 
towns defer ve the appellation, is Mm M^^ca.'- The iuXxm of Bantam* & 
dominion is faid to have extended from the foiithward, as far as Oqu^ 
and before that, to R^tia or Aytr eidmf between Ippoa and Mqcg Macs ; 
but this iait fpace was ceded by the fultan of Baniam^ to the raja of 
drapmr^ in fatisf action for the murder of a prince. A fmall tax was laid 
on the Anac foengey people* on account of this murder, by the latter, 
and it is now paid to the fultan of Mera Mqcv, It is a foQcm (fourth 
part of a dolbr), a bamboo of rice, and a fowl, from each village, 
every year* The government of /tnac Soongey is Nlday^ but great part 
of the country dependant, on it is inhabited by the original ^O€f,on peo» 
ple*f The proanens (chiefs) are obliged to attend the juUanznd carry their 
contribution or tax ; but his authority is very much limited. The of* 
ficers next in rank to the fulian are called Mamr€i» which fome appre- 
hend to be a corruption of the word Mandarin^ a title of diftiniftion 
amongft the Chinefe.J The name of the prefent monarch, is, PaJJtffstt 
• Sultatt GutltmQt was the firft monarch of this new kingdom of Anac Z^w^eyt aod ftablifljcd 
bimlelf at M<**td***irf fcy th^ [ii5yiawr*> />f Pn^l^ilt.m ffifljf . A revolution had happened in In* 
drspouFi by which the old fuliaa, who had protefied the EngUQi at their firfk fettUog, was driven 
out of his kingdom^ by the intiJgiies of the Dutch > This induced the former to fupport GuiU* 
mst, who was at vaiiance with the fucceffor, as were wo other chiefs, named Addilt and 
Raja Mar^Qfa* 1698 the o!d fultan of Indrapmr returned to hb throne, but icfr GoiUtstotia 
quiet poficflion at Msxikotu, Many yeajB aftcr^ Cuilmfft was removed, and Gmdam Stah, the 
father of the prcfeut fultan of Mm Mmo, fet«p in his room. The fpacc of time occupied bj tbtfc 
three reigns is very extraordinary, cfpecially if we confider that the fijft fultan mull have been 
at man's eiiate in 1*95 ; that the fecond fucceedcd him before hk deceafe j and that the third Is 
cow alive. The hSt h fufficicntly corroborated by iliis circumftanee, that the fon of fuJtan Cmi* 
limit called fultan Auual Laidun^ is ftill living, at Ta^m^^ly^ and fuppofed to be not lefs tbao 
ninety year^ of age. He was a Rate prifoner at M&drm in the government of Mr, M^rfi* 
\ At the back of Imdraf^ur imd Anac Setmgeyt tie the Countries of Seramp£^e and CoriHchiaf 
where the Ma!ay manners or religion, have not made the fmalltft progrefs. The people are tnof- 
fenfive and laborious, but unciviJizedf and feed coarfely. From the latter^ abundance of hoifes 
ar« procured. 
X The fame title prevails at Moiaeca, and from thence> it may by I'ircfmncdj it was intro* 
liuted in Aitae Soengiy. 
4 D hrat 
