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CHAPTER XXL 



A tlccision— Ornaments for tlie ear— Fcniiilo curiosity — 

 The rajah's horses — War between die rajjah of Acheen 

 and r^ah of IVtttndiny — A native's account iof the 

 quarrel— Piircli as c of hetd-nut — Tlie Areka-nut— Trade 

 m tbiit article — Anecdote — A (/hitta<^onr: brig — ^Dried fish 

 ' — Beautiful appearance of tiie G<)ltJeii Mountain — Assem- 

 ble^ fii&iiiitite— IToFiiftdos-^TIie lire king and Ids 

 demons — Yaraora — 'Burial-ground — Large tree — Small 

 crabs — Game called Mein Acini — Leprosy— Party of na- 

 tiw— TlieTkem ittiisanga— AppUcatioiB^ ttiedlcitie^ 

 Bijah of Putii— His tetinue— Object of his visit. 



The country about PtHlir, as far as I hatl an oj)- 

 portniiitv of SLT'iiiji" it, was vcrv ]H("tHrt'S(|iu', 

 abouudiiig iu a luxuriant, iiatiiral VL'getatioii, 

 as well as in a state of cultivatioR. The native 

 habit^riioiis ate almost hiddie^ % cocoa-nut, 

 plantaini areia, ejn, jack, and other trees ; frn- 

 grant odours were exbalod from tlie luiiltitikk' 

 of flowers which strewed the surface of the ground ; 



