SEIZURE OF A PENANG BRIG. / 



village of Gingham was not visible from the 

 roadstead, being situated a short distance up a 

 river, and hidden by the dense foliage of va- 

 rious kinds of trees growing about it. A short 

 distance further to the eastward, a cluster of 

 habitations formed the village of Buron ; and 

 Sawang (or, as called by the Malays, Putukurra) 

 is several miles still further in the same direc- 

 tion, 



I have before mentioned, that aPenang brig had 

 been seized by the Acheenese grab, the Nacodar 

 (or master) of which, having been accused of 

 trading in arms and ammunition, with one of the 

 rajahs upon the coast, at present at war with the 

 ruler of Acheen : many of the commanders of 

 vessels then on the coast were desirous of getting, 

 if possible, the vessel returned. She was the 

 property of several native merchants at Penang, 

 and had been chartered by an English merchant 

 there for the Pedir coast, first calling at the 

 Maldive islands for a cargo of dried fish. 



A brother of the Acheenese rajah, named Pun- 

 garang Ibrahim, a fine and handsome Malay, was 

 on board the grab ; and to him application was 

 made for the restoration of the vessel. He had 

 a very intelligent Malabar native as an inter- 

 preter, who spoke several European languages — 

 English, French, Spanish, &c. — fluently. The 



