Timor.
The Malay rajahs of Timor surronnded by their subjects UNKNOWN to he rather their companions than their rulers. None of those marks of respect, of which all the other nations <if the lvist nre so l.ivish towards their sovemirus, are p.iM to them. In n few orn.tun nis of little value, »nd a gown of printed cotton, which thev put on cniv whe:i they go ahrotd in salute, or receive strangers, consi>t% ail tfi.it <lijfiiiL'iiisMes them /i nn their illbj (t*« Their lesidenets situate in the centre of the vilH*p's, arc rather more *>p.icio*«s, and hotter built, hut just ;n lie.-titute of ornament a* any nthirs; anil hetd* of b« Haloes, hi nis) at.d it (Mi utensil** constitute. all their wruhh. Those? raj.tli«, however, who are not dependent on the Kuropians, p ss»sh gient authority, the subjects of several c»f them, be>i<.'cs paying customary tribute, art? obliged lo appe.-r hef< re them whenever they are MimmoiH'd, cither to not k f»r them, or for any other pnrpes . When the k:ti£ d.cidcj a dispute bitueoo two |>;>jths, lie re:lives a or silver pi itc, and when a peru'm i* eo iv'eted of a heinous otfence, ho i» sold for the benefit of Ihe snvcrt'iiin, unless hi* family po-s«*ss or c:iMli enough to redeem him. Robbery u:;d muroer are pite (>hcd by Hue.*?, slavery» *»n«l sometimes de.ith ; hut the latter en*.* very raie. In most of the Mates of ilia I->! u:d tie r-j ih dar s n>*t t»Ke nnv step aua*»*sl the lives, li'-euv, or propcttyof his Mihjeiip, till a charge bus teen lodged tl em before the assembly of the gramlccs, and prine'pil pes-ms. whos* l duty it is to imp.ire whether it be well found.dor uot. When the raj ihs d c'de without this previous inquiry thevexce«d tin ir powers. In snme kingdom*, and especially ih«»t of Amakouj* in default ofmale heirs ascend the throne* Most of the standees of the kirg lont are of the blood royaf. According to enst'.im, tl.c eldest son succeeds his f.t'hcr, hut tht? ministers frequently endeavour to place some other of his chihJien on the throm?. — T/io ivtn'hi in i.iin/iwc.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 86, 8 April 1852, Page 4
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358Timor. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 86, 8 April 1852, Page 4
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