Aerjai603- “ and the Pangéran Adipdti will -be as therone who sifts or fans th© rice.
•hipkmi* « When tUe Pangéran Adipdti ascends thethrdne, lei him attach himself , to
" the other three, by which means he will)cleanse and strengthen'hfegovern-
“ mept, ever! as -the-rice is cleansed from the husk in the t&mpa. Let h im
“ study the writings Niti Prdja, Niti Sastrci, Sruti, Asia Brata and Jdya
“ Ldngkara ; to abandon his vicious habits, never to dll1 use his11 wives
“ and to-bë kind and constatit to his pregeht wifè (another daughter of the
“ Pangéran Pétgar)P i '
' In a short'time-the Sustinan died, -The Panger an Adipdti, who was .destined
to sueréèed -him; excited much disapprobation andr disgust by-his
ungrateful neglect of- the customary rités'due to the boily of T# è ’deceased»
and his ihdècent eagerness to ascend the throne before it was-éfen vaca'té'dl
The practice of thé1 ‘douhtry required him to wash and purify‘thé-‘cofcpse
withtiiis own hands ; But he left the task to ■ thé’ wómfen, '-wbiKriTê shut' all
the gates óf- the kraton and seated himself in iron? ori'-tHe -seiingeV:': The
decèased was buried at Megiri, and-his widow, Rditu! Kdnchdna, attended
the procession, distributing moneys hs^she -past1 along, to-the amount1 of one
thousand, Aollar s and -more. ‘
IMSEgf As soon as the body was removed,- thé Pangéran Adipdti ’"assembled all
his chiefs, and addressed them to the following effect : “ Alfye’ W6' are
« present bear witness, that the Pangéran Adipdti. AmdngJcu Ndgdra' has
“ succeeded Jo the sovereignty of-his late father, - Susdsan McmgMrat,
“ 'and as ye acknowledged and respected the father, hbw,'d ^ ^ e ^ ^ e tfo
“ the soil • *’ to which they all ejaculated assent. To this Énden Subrdta,
who wished to shew his "attachment to the young: prince - by raising him'in
tiie eyes of the people, added, “ the sovereignty déscënds to you'By the
“ will of the Almighty ; it has not Been assumed by yOUflfelf^ but h# one
answered. All the chiefs present, however^ approached the prince and
kissed his feet, in proof of their acknowledgment of his authority. The
new Smunan then declared Ratu Kanchdna his queen, and nomiiiafed th’è
principal officers of state; and as soon as he returned to thé ddlam addressed
-three letters, one to the Governor General of Batavia, one to the commandant
at Japdra, and one to the commandant at Semdrang; info'rthing them
o f his having assumed the sovereignty in succession to his ancestors. He
likewise entrusted a letter for Batavia, and another for the Governor Gene-
ral,/ to the care of Captain Knol at Semdrang.
On
' On first granting theipisupportltoklierdece^è'd princ'e; the Dutch required
that lie ‘should enter into a bond; d'atedaothO'GtoBelfll6f''f/',pcBhfirming the
treaty; of $ce.-25 th February preceding, andJu>knotiledgingr a' debtito the
Dutchtb'S thirty.. ithöósand - dol'lars^iïo^èth’er with three ’thousand'JéyMs of
ricë; as a security for Which he was Required» to aSbftgage tu‘Mife1®uffiTnlI
the sea-ports frouUthe river Krdwang to -tfeceast^nl extremity ofl therisland.
The--wB'dle--revenhefe óftiïése'fplaGes»'--inhluding in particufe!r«f» t ii fe rice
1 cÉlivérablê to tHei-stif^ wefe'ató to bëifhéeived By-fhfe -Dutch^n diminution
.éf-thiS debti- ‘ 7 "-7 : ' ; „
A t the same time, also; We'Sus&riairi Vas called 'üpön'tolêxeóute adéfed of
éessión, confirming thé! aetUO&tiiS-'28flf February .prétieding^ and -setting
forth ijhatihïs 'Mher‘- havihg'already verbaHy?éxpre^etlika intëntioïi to make
m m . thé Dutch h'i-s rightsjW the kingdom of J d ^ r a ^ - la n d ' lying I
between the rivëf of -linking Jdwd -and ,Kf‘ómngvwké^e’ northern^ iand-
Southern sea-coasts), 'the said grant was further cbïififmèd,^hd the ^holë
ó f the1 prov'incélbft Mkatra ceded - accordingly, the. inhabifants^tvlro wished
to remain being' ordere‘d'1$5f acknowledge 'tBè Dutch laihtlfeirlawfuhsove-
■ ^fii^BSt all' being at d ibSy-fo place thëffilltves^n'dér:tbe S&undn and
to leave the Dutch territory,'-till -the expiration o f J^lfh'-months 'after1 the'
publication öffthiè act. • J tt (
' By this-deed èfCcession, the Susunan also ceded tire Dutch, in acknow-
léd'gment of the Services rendered1 by ‘Admiral fh'delman -against ihJ-rêBels,
the country between the Krdwang and Pamanukan rivjr^?^. a straight line
to the South Sea, -with all-the immunities and ptiVhhges'attached W it.
This dlfument further prohibited the importation of^lotbs-and opium by
any onë'eYfcépt'the Dutch, and cohfa'ine'd-rilïe appointrherit ö$mipM Man- I
dardJca to bfheMef orPegat^óththvr 'ari&A- Arid'- Woman to1 B& |
chief of Japdra and the eastern ieat ' cdast fr ' ‘ ■ ■ ! M 1 H ■
I Qn the 15th 'January 1678,-' ra- .charter ■'w-as;!p?öc'ÏÏred froiófthè Susünan,
placing the sugar trade of japdra entirely-in the hands Dutch. B
grant was made them of the'management of-the tovm-and jurisdiction of
Semdrang and the village of Kaligdwi, H g ^ S H B d U W
ing governors of their own at those places, IS— i M i on condition, however,
m duly accounted for and paid ’to his higbnéss?^8ffièef§;by^those. ö ^ f e
Dutch. But‘€ his lnghness was still in debt -.to -the' Du^b» thosé revenues
Were provisionally' taken in diminution of the debt.
In