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King Matta Salompo, fay the natives, after having reigned forty years over them,afcended into heaven with his Oueen.
The Bougmefe, and Queen Tarre Toeppoe, who then ruled over them, were com-pelled, in the beginning of the feventeeth century, to conform to the Mahometan religion,and the condition was, moreover, impofed upon them, that the enemies of Macaberfhould likewife be the enemies of Boni, but not the enemies of Boni thofe of Macaber.
This was the firft blow which was given to the greatnefs of Boni, although theywere able to bring feventy thoufand fighting men into the field.
The hatred which, by this means, was excited among the Bouginefe againb theMacabers, was greatly inftrumental to the fuccefs of the arms of the Company againb:Macaber. Radja Palacca, a Bouginefe Prince, whofe exertions in particular contri-buted much to the completion of the conqueft of Macaber, was afterwards chofen Kingof Boni, by the eleftors, and rendered himfelf fo famous and powerful, extending thebounds of his kingdom in every way, that he was called by his people Toenee Som-baya, fignifying, a King before whom all others muft humble themfelves.
He died on the 6th of April 1696, and was fucceeded by his fon Lapatoua, asfifteenth King of Boni, who, after having been the caufe of much uneafinefs to theCompany, died in the year 1713.
His daughter Battara Todja, likewife called Aroe Toemoerang, fucceeded him, asthe fixteenth fovereign of Boni. After reigning a fhort time, Ihe refigned the govern-ment in the year 1715, into the hands of her half-brother Lapadany Sadjati, furnamedPoapannara Aroe Palacca ; but his ill treatment of his fiber and her hufband, whom hecaufed to be rampaffed, or beaten with bicks, and whom he threw into confinement atBoni, without any fhadow of reafon, or legal pretence, was fo much difapproved of andfefented by the nobles, that fhortly afterwards, on the 20th ofJanuary 1720,he was notonly depofed, but, together with his wife, was thrown into prifon. After this the Bougi-nefe again gave the kingdom to Battara Todja, who, however, dire&ly refigned itanew to her eldeft half-brother, the dethroned King of Goach, Sappualee, then fur-named Madanrang ; he likewife was depofed in the year 1724, after a fhort and tur-bulent reign, on account of his dibolute condud, and his youngeft brother Topawanoi,or Aroe Mano, afterwards called Crain Befifei, was chofen in his bead; on the fourthvjy a ^ ter appointment he was alfo fet afide, and in his room Battara Todja waschofen Queen for the third time; fhe became at the fame time Datoua, or Queen of*-oehoe, and not long afterwards Queen of Soping alfo •, her hufband was appointedco-regent with her of the kingdom ; he died in the year 1725 ; after which fhe wasmarried, for the fourth time, to Aroe Kayoe, who was, fhortly after his nuptials, equallymade co-regent of the kingdom. But the Queen being at variance with her brothers,jme of whom bie had caufed to be killed, and being difiatisfied with Mr. Goubius, ata t time the Company’s governor at Macaber, went away to Soping, where fhe caufede v^f to be inaugurated as Queen.
t t~ er hufband, the regent, Aroe Kayoe, now thinking himfelf King of Boni, refolved® mpplant his Queen and confort, and to take again to his bed his firb beloved wifetam Bonto Majene, whom he had repudiated in order to marry the Queen ■, buten this defign was difcovered, in the year 1728, he was immediately declared
. „ ar liament, ele&ed by tbe freeholders:(certain freeholders). The Pajong is often reftrained Called mattoua, one hundred galled
«• confifts of four hundred members, two hundred of^ ^ this (he adds), I never learnt apabicharro, and one hundred are called galarang. ,, j>
account; and 1 mention it only as a hint for future traveller unworthy
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