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ing out towards " Pedir Point;" and to the 

 eastward terminates in lofty mountains, at some 

 distance. This description is given from the ap- 

 pearance of the country as seen from the anchor- 

 age. The whole line of coast has a beautiful 

 and luxuriant character, abounding in cocoa-nut, 

 areka, and other palms ; and beneath the trees 

 the thatched roofs of native houses are occasion- 

 ally seen. 



Some vessels, belonging to the rajah of Acheen, 

 were at anchor off " Pedir ;" and others, having 

 English colours flying, off" the villages further 

 to the eastward. The ships belonging to the 

 Acheenese rajah were designated " men of war ;" 

 but a " grab," among the number, was the only 

 one originally the property of his highness, for 

 it had just conquered the barque, at whose peak 

 the Acheenese colours waved, but which had 

 been the property of the rajah of Trumong, who 

 resided on the west coast of Sumatra, and with 

 whom the Acheenese monarch was at war : the 

 remaining one under the Acheenese flag, was an 

 English brig, of Penang, last from the Maldive 

 Islands, with a cargo of dried fish : she was 

 seized for trading in arms and ammunition with a 

 rajah on the coast, who was at the time hostile 

 to the king of Acheen. I shall have occasion to 

 return to the latter affair at another part of thi» 

 work. 



