124 FIRST BRUNEI CONQUESTS.—BY A. E. LAWRENCE. 
refused with scorn, Pangeran Ursat publicly saying 
that the descendant of a war captive and practically a 
slave was no match for any daughter of his. The in¬ 
sult rankled badly, and finally led, together with other 
causes, to the killing of Pangiran Ursat by Pangiran 
Mathusin’s party. Pangiran Dipa or Nipa, son of 
Pangiran Ursat then took up the feud, helped by Sherif 
Mussahor, and the disturbances began which led to 
Mukah being taken over by Sarawak at the urgent 
request of the people, who were being oppressed beyond 
all bounds by Sherif Mussahor, then head of the most 
powerful faction. 
In reading the above account it must be remembered 
that the stories from which it is gathered have never 
been written, but have been handed down by w T ord of 
mouth from generation to generation, beginning 500 
odd years ago, so that the account cannot pretend to 
any historical accuracy. With the stories too are inter¬ 
woven many fables and legends about their various 
heroes and their relations, which have gradually grown 
up round any facts there may have been to begin with 
in the past. 
