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59 The memory of this woman is held in great honour by the Javanese, and many come to pray by her grave. See Brumund, p. 186. ↑

60 Veth (3), vol. i. pp. 235–6. ↑

61 This mosque is still standing and is looked upon by the Javanese as one of the most sacred objects in their island. ↑

62 There seems little doubt that this date is too early. A study of the Portuguese authorities points to the conclusion that Majapahit did not fall until forty years later. (Rouffaer, p. 144.) ↑

63 The people of the Bali to the present day have resisted the most zealous efforts of the Muhammadans to induce them to accept the faith of Islam, though from time to time conversions have been made and a small native Muhammadan community has been formed, numbering about 3000 souls out of a population of over 862,000. The favourable situation of the island for purposes of trade has always attracted a number of foreigners to its shores, who have in many cases taken up a permanent residence in the island. While some of these settlers have always held themselves aloof from the natives of the country, others have formed matrimonial alliances with them and have consequently become merged into the mass of the population. It is owing to the efforts of the latter that Islam has made this very slow but sure progress, and the Muhammadans of Bali are said to form an energetic and flourishing community, full of zeal for the promotion of their faith, which at least impresses their pagan neighbours, though not successful in persuading them to deny their favourite food of swine’s flesh for the sake of the worship of Allāh. (Liefrinck, pp. 241–3.) ↑

64 Encyclopaedie van N.-I., vol. ii. p. 523. ↑

65 Veth (3), vol. i. pp. 245, 284. ↑

66 Raffles, vol. ii. p. 316. ↑

67 Veth (3), vol. i. pp. 285–6. ↑

68 Veth (3), vol. i. pp. 305, 318–9. ↑

69 A traveller in Java in 1596 mentions two or three heathen kingdoms with a large heathen population. (Niemann, p. 342.) ↑

70 Raffles, vol. ii. pp. 132–3. ↑

71 Metzger, p. 279. ↑

72 L. W. C. van den Berg (1), pp. 35–6. C. Poensen, pp. 3–8. ↑

73 De Barros, Dec. iii. Liv. v. Cap. v. pp. 579–80. Argensola, p. 11 B. ↑

74 At this period, the Moluccas were for the most part under the rule of four princes, viz. those of Ternate, Tidor, Gilolo and Batjan. The first was by far the most powerful: his territory extended over Ternate and the neighbouring small islands, a portion of Halemahera, a considerable part of the Celebes, Amboina and the Banda islands. The Sultan of Tidor ruled over Tidor and some small neighbouring islands, a portion of Halemahera, the islands lying between it and New Guinea, together with the west coast of the latter and a part of Ceram. The territory of the Sultan of Gilolo seems to have been confined to the central part of Halemahera and to a part of the north coast of Ceram; while the Sultan of Batjan ruled chiefly over the Batjan and Obi groups. (De Hollander, vol. i. p. 5.) ↑

75 Massimiliano Transilvano. (Ramusio, tom. i. p. 351 D.) ↑

76 P. J. B. C. Robidé van der Aa, p. 18. ↑

77 Pigafetta, tome i. pp. 365, 368. ↑

78 “Segundo a conta que elles dam, ao tempo que os nossos descubriram aquellas Ilhas, haveria pouco mais de oitenta annos, que nellas tinha entrada esta peste.” (J. de Barros: Da Asia, Dec. iii. Liv. v. Cap. v. p. 580.) ↑

79 De Barros, id. ib. ↑

80 Simon, p. 13. ↑

81 Bokemeyer, p. 39. ↑

82 Simon, p. 13. ↑

83 Argensola, pp. 3–4. ↑

84 Id. p. 15 B. ↑

85 Id. pp. 97, 98. ↑

86 Id. pp. 155 and 158, where he calls Ternate “este receptaculo de setas, donde tienen escuela todas las apostasias; y particularmente los torpes sequazes de Mahoma. Y desde el anno de mil y quinientos y ochenta y cinco, en que los Holandeses tentaron aquellos mares, hasta este tiempo no han cessado de traer sectarios, y capitanes pyratas. Estos llevan las riquezas de Assia, y en su lugar dexan aquella falsa dotrina, con que hazen infrutuosa la conversion de tantas almas.” ↑

87 Their descendants are still to be found in the province of Cavité in the island of Luzon. (Crawfurd (1), p. 85.) ↑

88 W. F. Andriessen, p. 222. ↑

89 T. Forrest, p. 68. ↑

90 Pigafetta. (Ramusio, vol. i. p. 366.) ↑

91 Campen, p. 346. Koloniaal Verslag van 1910, p. 56; 1911, p. 52. ↑

92 Dulaurier, p. 528. ↑

93 Damak, on the north coast of Java, opposite the south of Borneo. ↑

94 Hageman, pp. 236–9. ↑