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Ttie Maluys hik cmi side red as liav- 

 ing occiJ|i]eci tlm peniJisula J^ince the 

 thirteenth c^^nturyj wheti they ore said 

 to hnve enitgratcd frjHii MciiaiDgka- 

 bou,t ^ Kingdom situate in the in- 

 terior uf the Vslaod of Sumatra, whlcli 

 uteveral j?eoi*:raphers have errofieously 

 Huppoi^ed to be in tlic interior uf the 

 PtiiihiHula. The Malays »^|}reud thrauG^h- 

 nut thU country, liave become the na- 

 tur^il }>o^t8eHsofi4 fif all the riche.4 of 

 ivKieh so many other people envy them 

 hut the Mrtbys neglect thejn aud pre- 

 fer a retired^ quiet ,aud indolent life: 

 ns hni^ a;^ they have Hoe and dried 

 fijjh to cat, sit^ree or betel to cliew^ 

 til hp. ecu to i^rnoke or ehew, and soine 

 (!toth to cover theni;^ this is all ^^^^^ 

 they require. They have i-joJi tin and 



the pntt of Achin litmd : by Oraji^ di altag An^hin, 

 wa nre to unde/nttitndl tha pegple Ht rho wq«it of 

 Aohit] h-*ii : wartimp lo thi* pupkriFiilon, O^ofifr 

 <fi' iifiKja ^n^Airi rfoiuld hiki^IIV llitu Mnlt€»igi<edlntiB vbo 

 Rifl )n the ]J<»llotulii :uitl K^Tierilly aituato nl tb« 

 es4tl of Aclno iniswV ; whWei by i!7rn,7iJj[ i#t ati^* 



ijtuaco at the Vr'csl o( Adiin he 'd fiiich nm tho io- 

 b^bltftii Lj cf !i?ujiiiitra, Itidiii. adh! Amltiu. and atbeni: 

 ■{ Tht MftbyH, [uvat^ orGctijni nni cf nil Ebp,. 

 in rnnrVi'lbDs, saVt tftftt the *otd Meotn^habod, 

 urt;ifin{Lte« frpm Lli>) wci^'k Memmji to vnUqaith nnd 

 KaSiQH Qj Jtarb'Otf, n bufBiloe. They relmUi to prt^Ta 

 it^ the sUyry o{ h r^ianiu Gihtln; betwrni tb* 

 buff^lotfiL H nd ti}r4^r!, wliicb took plRco in Mai^ui^* 

 kabon «tid ill vfiich tbe furm«( woq » cgcaplMte 

 victory. Thoy^li it Lhj proved tb»E k thnlUt 

 €gh.ling!i« (.ha buffabtiiii kurlKiw* hm tonije- 

 fiflar* defeat thdr en?iilic» ths tigart, yet t 

 iJimk (hti ftyniolcgY origir-ttc^ frotn ib» irctdiaiHT 



