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mg out towartlf* I'cdir Point;" aiul to tlxc 

 I'a^itward tt'i'innKitcs in loitv rnoimtaiii?^, soiiu; 

 (listuncf, Tliis d('scri|)ti<>ii is givni iVoiii the ap- 

 pearance of the country as seen from the auclior- 

 &g<?., Tife whole line of coasfc lias a IjtteajitifijJ 

 and ItiXttriaut riKiractcr, abomidiug in cocoa-imt,^ 

 ar(^kn, niid otiicr palms ; find lit'ia -irii the trees 

 tin/ t hatched roofs of native houses arc occasion- 

 ally seen. 



Some vmefe, belonging to the rajah of Aj^en, 

 were at anchor off " Pedil^;" md otliers, having 

 Enj>*lish eolnnrs flying, off the villages further 

 to tlie eastward. The ships Indonging to tlie 

 Aehecnesc rujuh were designated " naen of war 

 fettt a " grab/' among the nnmber, was the only 

 om ^originaEy i&e pt&pbi^f isi M# hlgbness, for 

 it had just conquered the barque, at w hose peak 

 the j\elieeuese colours waved, but whieli had 

 been the property of the rajah of Trumong, who 

 resided on the west co^$^ of Sumatra, an4 

 whom the Acheeii«de iii^ at 



remaining one under the Aeheenese fiag, was an 

 Englisli brig, of Penang, bist from the Mahlive 

 Islands, with a cargo of dried fisli : slie wns 

 seized for trading in arms and ainnumition w ith a 

 rttjah oniliie €m&% who -vifm alt the time Jmsttfe 

 tor^te kingijf Acheen. I shall have occasion to 

 return to the ktfcer affnir at another part of fhh 

 work. 



