86 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS 



"Yule and Burnell " for Yule and Burnell's Hobson- 

 Jobson. A glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and 

 Phrases and kindred Terms. 



Amadauar — Amadavar. Ahmadabad. Founded by Ahmad 

 Shah, Sultan of Gujerat(A.D. 1411-1423). Itis the finest 

 city in Gujerat, and is situated about fifty miles North 

 of the head of the Gulf of Cambay (See Cambaia). 



Amboine — Amboyna. (The native name is Ambun). Itwasfirst 

 a Portuguese possession : the Dutch took it from the 

 Portuguese in 1605. The British founded a trading 

 station there soon afterwards, and thenceforward there 

 arose, between the British and the Dutch, continuous 

 disputes, bickerings, quarrels and fights, which culmi- 

 nated in the "' massacre " of 1623, in which the British 

 Settlement was killed by the Dutch. 

 For this massacre, which is celebrated in Dryden's 

 Tragedy of Amboyna, Cromwell obtained compensation 

 from the Dutch in 1854. The British held the island 

 from 1796 to 1802. It became Dutch again in 1814. 



Andragiri — Indragiri. 'Sanscrit, "the Hill of Indra "). A 

 Malay State of the East Coast of Sumatra, North of 

 Jambi and South of Kampar. The Indragiri Eiver, 

 which is one of the largest in Sumatra enters the Straits 

 of Malacca opposite the islands of Linga and Sinkep. 



Am — Perhaps Aru Bay between Diamond Point, on the North 

 East of Sumatra and Deli. 



Arba--Av&: the ancient capital of Burmah. 



Arracan — Arakan. The Arakan Division of Lower Burmah 

 extending from the Bengal boundary, along the coast, 

 to the mouths of the Irawaddy. 



Auja — I cannot identify this place. 



Badaga : Badagatt. — A corruption of Balaghat (bala, above ; 

 ghat a mountain pass) ; the country above the passes ; 

 a term applied to an area which is now covered by the 



Jour. Straits Branch 



