large holei in their ears, through which il»ey insert pieces of 

 wood, until the lobes of tJielr ears reach to their shoulders. 

 The country produces go I d-d its t, rattana, and dried veni- 

 son ; the inhabitants employ themselves in gathering rattan, 

 killing deer, and washing gold-dust. The country of Ben- 

 jarmasin is erlremety rich, prrxlaciiig gold in various places ■ 

 it also produces diamond a. which are very hard, and when 

 polished are eitreni'^ly brilliant, rcfleciin* the emal jest hair, 

 and dazzling the eyes of tite beholder, like the fl^>lendour of 

 the sun and moon ; cast into the fire they are not destroyed, 

 but when rubbed up are as brilliant as before. The larger 

 ones are above all price, but the em^ller ones are weifrhed a- 

 gajnat grains of rice, sixteen of which fonn one carat "ff 

 kat-lat), the price of each carat is about 20 or 30 f cals . 

 EuropeauB do not so much vahie pearls and gems, but they 

 coniider diamonds aa erceedino-ly precious ; th^ir aleeve 

 and neck-buttona being frequently ornamented with them. 

 Some of them say, that diamonds above ten carats in weight, 

 if carried about the perso!v will ward olT mfa for tune, 



mUh ( ^B- LE-Ma), OS SAMDAWA. 



Thia place lies to the aoufh of Macassar, and is inha- 

 bited by Malaya, who are not subject to the Dutch jurisdic- 

 tion. It is seldom visited, and the habits of the people are 

 grasping and oppressive, li produces good hordes, some of 

 which are sent as an annual tribute to Batavia, 



AMBOTNA ^ AN-BUN.) 



Amboyna ties to the eastward of Ba*avia. not far from 

 EandaCllJ^ Ban-Ian), and Teroate (J^ T^an-a- 

 te). It has a mixed population of Serania f§ -f-J Sek- 

 a-nfe) or Portugucsej Islama ^ Sit-lam)t and Malavs. 

 The islanda subjecJed to Amboyua are Saparua H ® 

 Sa-tva-luaY Ela(^ ^ E-la) at the back of Geram. Kariko 

 (3^ ^ S A-l^ko) on Booroo, Lariko S ^ La-l^- 

 ko) on Amboyna, Booro Bo6-lt), and Maripa 



