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and contributions from conquered provinces, &c. Ihould be divided into five parts,two of which were to be given to Goach, and two to Tello, while the fifth fhould fallto the fhare of the eldefl: of the two Kings ; that the eldefl of the Kings fhould alwaysexercife the office of regent, or prime minifter, to his junior colleague; that theyfhould both be equal in dignity ; and, laftly, that they fhould both enjoy the title ofSambanco, fignifying as much as Emperor .

The empire of Macaffer has at prefent fo much declined, under the influence of thepowerful arms and the artful policy of the Company, that the King of Boni is nowmuch fuperior to Goach, both in extent of territory and number of fubjects ; although,in war, a Macaffer is better than three Bouginefe, on account of their martial characterand undaunted courage, which, notwithftanding all the adverfities which have fallenupon them for a century part, have never been fubdued or diminifhed *.

It is worthy of remark, that the Kings of Macaffer have a new n^me given to themafter their death, and that their fucceffor muff be nominated before their interment.

The kingdom of Tello was bounded, in the year 1667, to the north by the Coerees,two iflands fituated a little to the fouthward of the river Maros, and to the fouth itreached as far as Fort Rotterdam. The intimate connexion between this kingdomand that of Goach has before been mentioned; and both have, in confequence, partici-pated in the fame changes of fortune.

The ninth King of Tello, Abdal Carie, died in January 1709, and was fucceeded byhis fon Mappa Orangie, who was elected King of Goach in the year 1712, and ruledover both kingdoms till the year 1724, when he gave up that of Tello to his fon ManRadja, or Radja Mouden. To him fucceeded, according to the records of the Com-pany, but in what year is not mentioned, his brother Mappa Enga, or Jappee Oeden ;this Prince, known by the name of Crain Tello, was the grandfather, and regent of theKing of Goach, in the year 1759, and an inveterate enemy of the Company. Afterhis death, his daughter, the prefent reigning Queen, fucceeded to the crown.

The kingdom of Sandraboni, lying within the bounds of Macaffer, on the wefterncoafl of Celebes , between the Company’s lands at Galiffong and Poelonbanheen, is fmallin extent, yet independent of Goach. In the time of Toena Parie, King of Macaffer,in the beginning of the fixteenth century, the Queen of Sandraboni entered in an alli-ance with the Macaffers, its liberties and immunities remaining, however, unimpaired ;and fince that time it has, as well as Tello, been fubje&ed to the fame fortunes asGoach.

Mappa Doelang, afterwards King of Goach, ruled over this fmall ftate, at the timeof the war conduced by General Speelman, and, together with his nobles, acceptedand fwore to the engagements with the Company in 1667 and 1669. The Kings ofSandraboni are moftly related to the royal family of Goach.

The city Hands a little inland, on the banks of a river, whence the kingdom derivesits name. It was built about the fame period as Samboupo and Tello. This is allthat I learnt refpe&ing it.

* In 1778, a finilbing ftroke was given to the independence, and power of refiftance, of Goach 5 thereins of government were, at that time, on account of the nonage of the King, in the hands of his motherQueen Radja Polakk a, a woman of an ambitious and intriguing difpofition, who, probably aiming at thetotal emancipation of her country from the yoke of the Company, railed a rebellion againft it, in whichher forces were fubdued, the city of Goach taken by affault, its fortifications razed, and the governmentaew modelled, fo as to be entirely conformable to the views of the conquerors. Tr.

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