BARRETTO DE RESENDE’S ACCOUNT OF MALACCA. Lid 
The two rivers are probably the Rompin on the South, and the 
Kuantan on the North. 
Pulau Tioman, off the Pahang Coast. It belongs to the State of 
Pahang. 
Pelandok; the mouse-deer, or chevrotain (tragulus javanicus.) 
Plantains or bananas (musa paradisaica) ‘the fig of Paradise’”’ or 
sometimes the apple of Paradise.’ The Portuguese always 
called the plantain ~ the Indian fig,” and in the West Indies the 
common small variety of plantain is still called a fig. 
i.e., damar. 
Johore was repeatedly ravaged by the Achinese during their succes- 
sive attacks upon Malacca, of which the last took place in A.D. 
1628, when the Achinese fleet was practically annihilated in 
Malacea harbour by the Portuguese. 
An insight into the meaning of de Resende’s grim expression that 
Johore was once again becoming inhabited” is afforded in 
Marsden’s History of Sumatra (p. 364) where there is the 
following passage regarding the King of Acheen. 
“ The disposition of this monarch was cruel and sanguinary........., 
The whole territory of Acheen was almost depopulated by 
wars, executions and oppression. The King endeavoured to 
repeople the country by his conquests. Having ravaged the 
- Kingdoms of Johor, Paham, Queda, Pera and Delhy, he trans- 
ported the inhabitants from those places to Acheen to the 
number of twenty two thousand persons. But this barbarous 
policy did not produce the effect he hoped; for the unhappy 
people being brought naked to his dominions and not allowed 
any kind of maintenance on their arrival, died of hunger in 
the streets.”’ 
Indragiri. 
Siak. 
I am afraid that I cannot follow this account. The Siak river 
empties itself into the Straits opposite Bencalis Island. It is 
difficult to understand what the other river is (unless it is the 
Kampar) and what island Sabam is. 
The terwbok fish : clupea kanagurta. This excellent fish, which is 
like a herring in taste, is common on the Kedah coast, but 
practically unknown in the Penang market. The dried roes are 
however commonly used throughout the Straits as a sambal 
with curry. For a full account of the fish and of the industry 
connected with its capture, see Crawfurd (article Trubo) where 
several references to early travellers are given. 
I cannot indentify this river. 
These are the celebrated “orang laut,’ or  Sea-Sakies”’ of the 
Malay Peninsula, of whom the boys that dive off the mail 
steamers at Tanjong Pagar are the descendants. A few still 
survive at Jugra, in Selangor, and in places along the Pahang 
coast. There are considerable numbers of them along the 
coast near, and north of Tongkah. 
RD 
R. A. Soc., No. 60, I9II. 
46. Pahang 
Rivers. 
47. Pulo 
Timao. 
48. Palando. 
49. Figs. 
Ose ar: 
51. Johore. 
52. Andregy. 
53. Siaca. 
54. Benealis. 
Na, Abra wY ave). 
56. das 
Galles. 
57. Saletes. 
