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 328 HISTORY OF JAVA CONTINUED. throne, he sent a large force for the conquest of the eastern districts, which ended in a mere pre- datory expedition, no pennanent conquest having been effected. In this affair, the country was laid waste, the villages burned, and the cattlf^ and in- habitants carried off, and divided as booty among the troops. Sometimes the men were put to the sword, in- stead of being led into captivity, but the latter was invariably the fate of the women. In the {^7th year of his reign, the chief of the Sunda district of Sumddang revolted. The Sul- tan was highly incensed, and his orders were, to ex- terminate the males, without sparing the children, and to carry off the women into captivity. These orders were obeyed, — no resistance was offered, and in that poor and ill-peopled district, a thousand persons were massacred. One of the most powerful and obstinate of the Sultan's enemies was the Fangera?iy or prince of Surabaya. The Sultan, in the year of Salivana 1545, (A. D. 1623,) sent a powerful force to sub- due him, and the following is the stratagem by which the purpose was effected. The commander halted at Japan, on the river of Surabaya, thirty miles above the town of that name. Here he dammed up the river, diverting a portion of the stream. Into the stream, thus diminished, he threw dead carcases, putrid vegetables, and, above all, the a-