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RAJ Ail or 1'l:tu. 



('on?TdoiV(l a vi^ry rffieacioiis remedy. Ciitaimous 

 (liscai^es were very iiinnerous, nin! tlu.^ native 

 applications proved very incfficaeious in remov- 

 ing tfeem. 



I had an oppdttunity of se^g antjdjer ro^ 



the rnjah of Putu (a villaoe and di>;trirt not far 

 distant, on the sea coast). lie was ill-ldokini^ 

 in person, and carried witk liiui the uppearance 

 =of bdtof «Sdi<^d to opiiim-smoking. He was 

 attii%d m e m^mg of n liandsome pattern, the 

 borders of which were woven with g'ohl tlii*ead^. 

 These sarongs arc the maniifaeture of tlie coun- 

 try, and are sold at high prices. The rajah was 

 tall and young, and was attended hj* a imiaaerdns 

 H^m, aitSf 0d in t&d ^iCflk jackets ornamented 

 with o'old l^eSj, and handsome sarono-s : others 

 con hi only wear a cotton hqjtf, or jacket. They 

 were armed with spears, klawaiigs, krisses, and 

 old rusty blunderbusses. The object of Im visit 

 to Ihit pl^e, mm to p^y fck r^sSp^ts to the old 

 qncen (grandmothi^ ©f ih© present rajah) of 

 Acheon, who was residing at Pedir, and was 

 about to endjark in a few (ht\s in ihc .Aclirt iu'sc 

 gral) for Acheen, and was describud as bi'ing an 



e^ecaltot ol4 lady. 



