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except, indeed, a few houses scattered on the 

 Mengalla stre«ni, which am oecapied by a Malay 

 of Salaiigorc, named hxolu Soomzr, and by 

 about ten persiini* employed by him in proctiriog' 

 dammar and w^md oil. These ha used formerly 

 to take tt> Malacca for sale, but now barters on the 

 spot for rice, tobacco, salt, and cloths. This 

 stream ikbouckta in that port inn of the coast 

 which lie? between PhIo !\If n!ciJih. and Pulo 

 Perjudian, 



The extremity of Cype Kachado is composed 

 cliiefly ofa datk red iron stone, arid rock resem- 

 bling Cjiiarl2. I'he ascent to the summit from 

 the point is at fir^t sleep, but rendered ea^sy by 

 the nature ol !he rock. The treci* are stun red in 

 their growtli, and the ground is thickly covered 

 with a coarse j^pecieij of fern, whicf». in some 

 place^^, reaches nearly to the waist. Near the top 

 theie is a sinall clear space, called Padang Chan- 

 ti, on which there are vestige* o( a rude and an- 

 cient Krmma, The low coast of Sumatra, called 

 by the natives Tanjong Saddye, fringed with 

 trees, and benrinjj^ S. W. by W,, is distinctly vi- 

 sible from the summit. 



Two strong and oppoiiing currents, meeting at 

 the point of Cape Racliado, near Pulo In tan, 

 catise a violent and daagtrons eddy in whicli 

 boats have been occasionally upset. The current 

 to the eastward of the cape sets from the N. N. 

 H. Few femall boats, voyaging between Malacca 

 and Lookoot, nnw venture on ntundiug the point, 

 f'ither standing out to sea, or running on shore at 

 Guintihif, which is a deserted place about a mi lb 

 on the eastern side of the cape, where the land 



