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THE TERNATESE LANGUAGE
covered with a napkin to be given to the honor guard from Tidore. A soseba carried this.
The Khatibi-Jurtulis accompanied them and gave the money to the headmen at the bottom
of the stairs. [p. 241]
The delegates from Bacan received eight guilders in accordance with the agreement
reached at the time of the installation of the Sultan of Bacan, when the delegates from
Ternate had received eight guilders.
The secular and religious leaders of the kampongs of Soahsio, Sangaji, Heku, and
Cim, to the north, and the princes and nobles, and the three ngofangares to the south did
not receive their gifts until they had come up and congratulated the Sultan.
After the notables and bobatos had had pinang, the Sultan allowed the delegates
from Tidore to leave, sending with them his good wishes to the Sultan of Tidore. Then the
delegates from Bacan also asked permission to leave; they left together with the delegates
from Tidore and their honor guard.
The Sultan gave permission that that night the Resident and his wife and all the
ladies and gentlemen could come to the palace for a visit, but not yet for a celebration. The
celebration would take place the next evening. It was also ordered that the kabesaran,
however many there were, should come that evening, except for the kabesaran-kie, and that
the Jogugu, the Hukum, the Major, the Kapita-Ngofa, and the Lieutenant Ngofa should
come in uniform. The princes and relatives, however, were allowed to wear civilian clothes.
All were to be assembled on the balcony at seven o’clock. The Sultan also ordered the
Major-Prang to have a marinyo go to the houses along the main road on the seaside, from
the boundary of the Makassarese quarter to the big gate, to say that everybody should have
pisang stems filled with resin placed in front of their houses. The space from the big gate to
beneath the balcony was the responsibility of the Sadaha Kadatu.
After that, the notables, bobatos, princes, and nobles were allowed to leave and
return home. They made a sembah and went down. After this the Sadaha-Kie and the
sosebas departed, and then the Jurtulis, taking the kabesaran-kie with him. The Kapita-
Kie sent the large company back to the big [p. 242] gate and the upas salakah and ahi went
landward to the office, as is the custom.
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