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Saturday, March 7. Together with the Captain of H.M. corvette Nihalenia, I paid a
visit to the Sultan of Ternate in the late afternoon.
Only a few light shocks were felt during the day.
Sunday, March 8. A delegation of inhabitants, on behalf of the Sultan of Ternate,
boarded the Nihalenia to thank the captain for assistance rendered. In the evening the
Sultan of Ternate paid a visit to the captain of H.M. corvette Nihalenia, for a farewell visit.
Light shocks were felt last night and during the day.
Monday, March 9. H.M. corvette Nihalenia sailed at ten o’clock this morning, its
destination Java. No shocks were felt during the night.
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N.B. This catastrophe ended with a few light shocks during the following days.
Appendix VII
Ceremonial at the Laying to Rest of the Sultan of Ternate
Monday, December 13, 1751. On this day appointed for the burial of the dead body
of the deceased King of Ternate, His Highness Amerie Iskander Diul Carnaine Siafuedin
Kitchel Raja Lauwt, His Excellency the Governor and Members of the Political Council,
with the exception of the Major and Head of the Militia Christoffel Triskas, who had been
nominated by their Lordships to guard the castle, went to the Ternatese Court, having been
called by:
Gugugu Pati Saranga
Hukum Soasio Harrun
Hukum Samaiya
Sangaji Limatauw Maudi
Quimelaha [sic] Tomagola Papulua
They were accompanied by Members of the Judiciary and a few more lesser people.
They arrived at the court at three o’clock in the afternoon, offered their condolences to the
princes, princesses, and relatives of the King, and then stayed for some time. Amidst the
weeping of several women and the singing of a number of Moorish priests, the dead body of
His Highness was borne outside the palace by the closest Princes of the blood royal. The
body, wrapped in white linen and covered with several pieces of gold-colored material,
sheets, and two silk and two ordinary quitasols, was laid in a coffin. This was placed on a
litter made of bamboo, over which there was a canopy of silk (as though for a four-poster
bed) with many-colored flounces overlaid with double eagles of beaten silver and other
ornaments. [p. 347] Massive gold chains had been hung from all sides. The King’s
concubines and several of his female indoor servants, dressed in mourning, their heads
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