440 RAJAII OF PUTU. 



considered a very efficacious remedy. Cutaneous 

 diseases were very numerous, and the native 

 applications proved very inefficacious in remov- 

 ing them. 



I had an opportunity of seeing another rajah — 

 the rajah of Putu (a village and district not far 

 distant, on the sea coast). He was ill-looking 

 in person, and carried with him the appearance 

 of being addicted to opium-smoking. He was 

 attired in a sarong of a handsome pattern, the 

 borders of which were woven with gold threads. 

 These sarongs are the manufacture of the coun- 

 try, and are sold at high prices. J'he rajah was 

 tall and young, and was attended %y a numerous 

 retinue, attired in red cloth jackets ornamented 

 with gold lace, and handsome sarongs : others 

 could only wear a cotton hajn., or jacket. They 

 were armed with spears, klawangs, krisses, and 

 old rusty blunderbusses. The object of his visit 

 to this place, was to pay his respects to the old 

 queen (grandmother of the present rajah) of 

 Acheen, who was residing at Pedir, and was 

 about to embark in a few days in the Acheenese 

 grab for Acheen, and was described as being an 

 excellent old ladv. 



