MALAY SKETCHES
burial, when the moment arrives for carrying the body to the place of sepulture, the dead man is given a new name, by which he is ever afterwards known. That name is chosen with some reference to his earthly life. Thus, there is Al-měrhum or Merhum Pâsir Panjang (that is, "The Sultan who died at Pâsir Panjang"), Měrhum Kahar-Allah ("The late Sultan to whom God gave strength"), and so on.
When this King was buried, the name conferred upon him was Měrhum Rafir-Allah, and the meaning is, "May God pardon him."
NOTE.—Since writing the above, I have read the following in the Home News:
"In the Lord Mayor's Court on Oct. 14, before the Assistant Judge and a jury, the case of 'Fischer v. Brown' was concluded. This (says the Times) was an action brought by Fischer and Co., a firm of Bombay merchants, to recover from Messrs. Brown, Saville, and Co., who carry on business in this country, the sum of £73, money paid by the plaintiffs to the defendants, for which they had received no consideration. It appeared that in July, 1892, the plaintiffs received an order for a special perambulator, which was to be given to His Highness
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