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bring him to this place where X dwell, but there were many 
persons, and I thought “perhaps the gentleman will be an¬ 
noyed and not like many persons clamoring/’ for I knew 
that gentlemen do not like to he disturbed, for that reason I 
gave hina a place in a separate house, but it was not far from 
my house. After that I enquired “ From where have you 
come, and where do you intend to go ?’ He replied “ I 
have come from the higher part of 3 oh ore and intend to 
return to Malaka, I have now arrived at the Parighulu’s place 
that I may ask assistance of the Panghulu, and beg that he 
will convey me to Malaka” at the same time he shewed 
the chap of Sultan Ali. I said “ very well, sir, X will assist 
you even although you had not the chap of Sultan Ali, be¬ 
cause you have arrived at my place and asked assistance I 
must assist you, there can be no denial, for my lord, that is 
the raja Tamauggong, gave it in command to me ‘‘if any gen¬ 
tleman whosoever meet with difficulty or distress, in the 
river or at sea, the Panghulu must assist the person who is 
distressed whatever may be the nature of the distress, be the 
distressed person who be may the Panghulu must neverthe¬ 
less assist him* ” Then the gentleman said “Very well the 
Panghulu will convey me to-day, there can be no refusal.’* 
I replied “This day I cannot yet convey you, because the 
boat is not ready and the men have not yet been found, 
therefore I ask time till to-morrow when I will seek a boat 
and men ; another thing is that this month by the religion 
of us Malays everybody fasts, and the day is now near night, 
moreover we must seek for wherewithal to make a meal now 
it is night, this is the reason why I wish time till to-morrow.’* 
On this the gentleman said “ What! is the Panghulu not 
under the rule of the Sultan that he does not listen to what 
I say ? I wish it to be done now, there can be no refusal.” 
I said “ I am not under the authority of Sultan Ali, X am 
under the authority of the raja Tamauggong, but although I 
am not under the authority of Sultan Ali, yet if Sultan Ali 
order I must work, it cannot be otherwise. But as for the 
like of what you wish to be done now, I do not speak, 
for the day is about to close, the people are all fasting, 
moreover Malays cannot set about a work quickly for they 
have nothing ready, if it were like the Company’s work it 
could be done quickly because things are in readiness.” 
The gentleman was very angry with me for speaking thus, 
hut I did not take offence at this. Next day I ordered a 
prahu to be sought and it was procured, but it was not ready 
for it was leaky, and its crew were not ready for the men 
