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coast of Java; and in his successive expeditions finally became suffi¬ 
ciently bold to surprise small vessels of the Dutch, and of other Eu¬ 
ropean nations, at the month of the river of Plembang. He was 
present at the attacks on Rhio and Malacca. After the defeat of 
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Koba by the Lanons, he fixed himself permanently at that place, 
whence he carried on his piracies in the neighbourhood. One of 
his principal exploits was against the Settlement of Pankal-penang 
which he successively plundered. He succeeded in overpowering 
the chief from Plembang called Tamungong Patshlenan, and the in¬ 
habitants of the stockade were obliged to retire. He proceeded in¬ 
to the interior, seized many of the original inhabitants and carried 
them off in captivity. He kept possession of the Settlement several 
months. 
The recovery of Fangkal-pfnang for the Sultans of Plemb&ng was 
committed to Abdullah-Djalel an enterprising Arab, With the as¬ 
sistance be obtained from Sayang and Marawang he established a 
new stockade: he collected the original inhabitants who, from nu¬ 
merous parts of an almost impenetiable forest attacked the prows 
lying in the course of the river and finally succeeded in dislodging 
Panglima Raman. In his return and during his continuance at 
Koba, this pirate ravaged all the smaller settlements from Tanjong 
Merikat to the vicinity of Sungei-liat. But at Robo his Rayads 
were defeated by the Chinese. The stockades which are still found 
even at the smallest regular establishments of the Chinese indicate 
the terror in whichthe inhabitants lived to very late periods. 
About this time the Lanons entered the large river of Marawang; 
they proceeded up a branch that leads to the settlement of that name, 
and surprized the inhabitants in the stockade, who fled into the for¬ 
est, hut being soon rallied they forced the pirates to retire. These 
continued their incursion higher up the river to the village of the 
Depally Barin and finally to the foot of the large mountain Morass, 
seizing everywhere the defenceless inhabitants and carrying them 
away as slaves. These vexations were frequently repeated on va¬ 
rious branches of this river. 
Nearly at the same the settlements of the Eastern peninsula of 
