AMULET. 11 



of very pleasing manners, and an intelligent 

 countenance ; his face was full, broad, and had 

 the true Malay characteristics ; he had upon his 

 left arm a large seal, or amulet, of about two 

 inches in diameter, upon the stone of which 

 (called "Pungli" by the Malays) a sentence 

 of the Koran was engraved ; he said it was in- 

 tended as a charm against his being injured ; 

 " so the Acheenese believe," he added, but did 

 not appear to place much faith himself in its 

 supposed powers. 



The different rajahs came on an appointed 

 day from the different districts in the vicinity, 

 to Pedir, to pay their respects to the old queen 

 previous to her departing to Acheen in one of 

 the men-of-war, which she did on the evening 

 of the 20th of July, accompanied by the whole 

 of the Acheenese fleet. 



Accompanied by Captain M'Alister, I visited 

 the village of " Gingham." At the entrance of 

 the river, a bar, (similar to, I believe, the whole of 

 the rivers upon this coast,) on which usually rolls 

 a heavy surf, rendering its entrance somewhat 

 dangerous for boats ; the river maintained a very 

 winding course even to the village : a number 

 of shrubs abounded in the water, and about the 

 banks, among which were the Aca7ithus ilicifo- 

 lia, and several others. The village of Gingham 



