seated in an open carriage with a groom’sman on each side of him, while one,
carrying the Royal silk umbrella, kindly lent by H.H. the Sultan, went before
him.
“The procession was headed by one of the Royal spears, and two more were
carried before the bridegroom and two behind him, and so, accompanied by the
Selangor Band, kindly lent by the Resident, and by a crowd of people singing
and beating gongs and drums, he was conveyed to the bride’s house. His arrival
was greeted with showers of rice, and he was seated, together with the bride, on
the dais, where they, with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Birch, helped each
other to partake of yellow rice.
“So the marriage was completed satisfactorily, and then, as it was evening, the
Resident and Mrs. Birch, and the other ladies and gentlemen present, returned to
Kuala Lumpur; the people who remained amusing themselves with dagger
dances (main dabus).
“On Friday evening the bride and bridegroom left for Jugra in the Esmeralda,
which had been lent by the Resident, to pay their respects to H.H. the Sultan,
returning to Klang on Saturday.
“On the same afternoon the ceremony of the bath was performed, to the great
satisfaction of every one present, and was kept up till six o’clock, by which time
every one was wet through.
“This was the last ceremony in connection with the marriage, and then every one
wished the bride and bridegroom much happiness.”^98
The following account was translated by the writer:—
“Preparations for the wedding of Inche Halimah, daughter of Sheikh ʿAbdul
Mohit Baktal, and Said ʿAbdul Rahman Al Jafri, commenced on Monday, the
2nd of August 1895.
“The mosquito-curtain, tapestries and canopies were suspended, and decorations,
including the marriage furniture (pĕti bĕtuah dan bangking), arranged.
Moreover, the bridal couch was adorned with decorations of gold and mattresses
raised one above the other, one with a facing of gold and the other with a facing