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BAROOS. — This town is about two leagues from the coast, on the 

 banks of a river; and two leagues further inland are eight small villages, 

 inhabited by Battas, who purchase the camphire and benjamin from the 

 people of the mountains, extending from the S. of Sinkell to the back of 

 Barnos. The anchorage is about three-tjuarters of a mile to the S. of Pulo 

 Carrang, in latitude 1° 5? N., and longitude 98° 23' E. The place is 

 famous for having given name to the native camphire produced here, to 

 distinguish it from that which is imported from China. 



Trade. — The articles are similar to those at Sinkell. The proportion 

 of buying camphire should be 66* lbs. Dutch, of head, 33j lbs. of belly, 

 and 25 lbs. foot ; making in the whole 125 Dutch pounds, which are equal 

 to one pecul. 



Provisions ant> Refreshments. — Bullocks, poultry, and fish are to 

 be had good and reasonable, likewise very excellent water ; when your boat 

 goes on shore the first time, she must lie a short distance from the shore, 

 until they send a person to conduct her into the river, otherwise you may 

 lose her. 



T APPANOOLY. — The celebrated bay of Tappanooly stretches into 

 the heart of the country, and its shores are every where inhabited by the 

 Batta people, who barter their produce for the articles they stand in need 

 of from abroad, but do not themselves make voyages by sea. Navigators 

 assert that the natural advantages of this bay are scarcely surpassed by any 

 other ; that all the navies of the world might ride here in perfect security 

 in all weathers; and that such is the complication of anchoring places 

 within each other, that a large ship could be so hid in them as not to be 

 found without a tedious search. 



The settlement of Tappanooly is situated on a small island, with a 

 little hill at one end, in the bottom of the bay on the N. W. shore, called 

 Ponchang Cacheel, in latitude V AS' N., and longitude 98° 30 E., where 

 there is a fort almost defenceless, two or three houses for the resident, and 

 a small bazar. The anchorage is with the flag-staff bearing S. by W. in seven 

 fathoms. In standing in for it, you may pass to the N. or S, of the island, 

 and anchor in seven fathoms, the body of it bearing about S. W. The 

 village of Tappanooly is at the N. part of the bay, about four miles from 

 Ponchang Cacheel It is a common practice to moor ships by a hawser to 

 a tree on shore. Timber for masts and yards are to be procured in the 

 various creeks with great facility. 



Trade. — The natives of the sea-coast exchange their benjamin, cam- 

 phire. and cassia, (the quantity of gold-dust is inconsiderable), for iron, 



