REPORT ON THE ISLAND OF BANKA. 307 
lion which defeated Sultan Anom at Kebbon-gedde, William Damns, 
are still familiar to the whole inhabitants of Plembang, 
These notices are confirmed by the testimony of Valentyn i the 
event happened shortly after his return to Europe. In concluding 
the account of the affairs of Plembang-, he introduces the informa¬ 
tion received from a correspondent at Batavia. An expedition con¬ 
sisting of six vessels and carrying 4 or 500 troops had proceeded to 
Plembang for the purpose of settling the disputes which existed in 
the Royal family. 
Although this revolution left RadenLambu in the quiet possession 
of the kingdom at the capital and the immediate neighbourhood, his 
brother Sultan Anom did not give up his pretensions. Having pro¬ 
ceeded to Banka he gradually collected his adherents from Plembang 
and engaged in his service a considerable number of Buginese, With 
the exception of the new Settlement at Minto the whole island was 
occupied by himself and his followers. 
The Buginese had established themselves at the western extremi¬ 
ty at the point Tanjong Ular, whence they controlled with nume¬ 
rous prows the northern part of the island;—Sultan Anom had con¬ 
structed a stockade at Koba which commanded the eastern coast, 
and his son Raden Klip occupied the interior at Paku and a range 
of coast from Bdnko-kutto towards Tubuali. These particulars are 
preserv ed in the account of an expedition above mentioned which 
was sent from Batavia in the year 1732 to the assistance of Sultan 
Ratu by which name the new prince was dignified at Batavia. The 
details of this expedition display the condition of Banka at this pe¬ 
riod. The inhabitants were not united under one chief but divided 
into numerous small tribes as they are at present. The influence 
of the new sovereign was very weak, and most of them favoured the 
exile Sultan Anom. 
The effects of the Batavian expedition from Plembang were to 
capture and disperse the Buginese at Tanjong Ular, to open a 
communication across the island from Banko-kutto towards Paku 
and to attack the stockade of the Sultan Anom at Koba. In conse¬ 
quence of the reluctance of the inhabitants to yield the necessary as- 
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