Soh Hay tells me that in his young days he was a great fighter, and his face and shoulders are seamed with scars.

I asked how he came to be rajah; for he does not look at all the type of the better class of people.

Soh told me that, in the first place, he took to the jungle, owing to his having krised in a quarrel the son of the chief here.

He was joined by other fugitives, set up as a pirate, and captured by surprise one of the chief's prahus.

His force grew rapidly, and he made a night attack on the chief's campong, killed him and all the members of his family, and caused himself to be elected chief of the tribe, which was then a small one.