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Leave Batavia and anchor off Hooni Island— Isliinds about 

 the Bengal Passage — Gingiong roads— Loi'ty aspect of tlie 

 land— The coast— The golden moosi^^Islaiid erf Su- 

 matra — Aspect of the coinitry— The lover's Iciip —Village 

 of Pedir— Ships of tlie Acheeii^ Riph— Visit to the 

 Rajah— !D^ft$e vejgetatfon— Btjffalos— -Ba AsMn trem^ 

 Hall of reception — Interview with his Highness — Com- 

 mcrci;d nt's^oriatioiis — Curiosity of the u;Uivos — The 

 Aieka or Betel-tiut — Flowering shrubs and pkints — llice- 



At dayli^'lit, on tlie 2iifl of June, I left Batiivia 

 for tlie Pt'dir Cojistj on tlic nortli-t'ast ]>;irt nftlie 

 larp' i:-laii(l of Suinatva ; andj about iiyoii, 

 it being' ealiiij aucliored orf' Iloom Island, in 



the Great CliaaiieL TWs ialattd is a mere 

 reef, 0t fiand4>aiik, with tifees of some elevation 

 txpoD it, wliich impaii; a lii^licr aspect to it timn 

 on landing it is in reality f(Hiinl to posses?. The 

 passage, by the western coast of Sumatra, was 



