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" NOTICES OF LOMBOK. 
Defective as our knowledge of Bali has hitherto been, of the adja¬ 
cent island of Lombok we knew still less. Indeed we are not aware 
that any notice of it existed prior to the recent visit of Mr. Zollin¬ 
ger, with the exception of some very slight notes extracted from a 
journal, which were presented to the Asiatic Society in 1846. As 
these notes we believe have not been otherwise published we sub* 
join them. 
10th. December 1844. 
In July last a ship from the port of Ampanan in the Island of 
Lombok called “ Todah” (sword fish,) belonging to a Bugis settled 
there named Nakhoda Mud a, when about to clear out from Sin¬ 
gapore was claimed by one Hap I’s&h&h as his property. An action 
was commenced In the court; and, as the Nakhoda had no hill of 
sale of the vessel, it became necessary to procure evidence from Rhio, 
where the former owner of the vessel, Raj& Husain, resides, and from 
Lombok. The Nakhoda’s statement was that the vessel had been 
sold by Raja Husain to Ndkhodd IshmaiM the elder brother of H6ji 
Is&hah, and that on the death of Ishm6.Ua, or Smyla, as he is called, 
at Lombok (where he had been long settled) without leaving any 
male offspring, his wife, daughter, slaves and all his property became 
the king’s,—that the king made over the whole to Nakhoda Muda, 
on condition of his supporting and protecting the widow, daughter 
and dependants of the deceased. Hap Sabah (Isaliah) asserted that 
; he had purchased the vessel from Raj4 Husain, but it was probable 
that if he failed to prove this he would claim it as administrator to 
* his brother’s estate, as he had obtained letters of administration from 
the court last year. The rule being that personal property descends 
according to the law of the place where the owner was domiciled 
when he died, it became necessary to obtain evidence of the law of 
Lombok on this point. It happens that Mr. King, an Englishman, is 
Sabandar at Ampanan (or Malaram as it is termed in official language) 
in that island, and to him application was made for information. 
