44 SUMATRA. 
Matt*idrcfe, Aman'adrefs confifts of the following* A clofe waiftcoat, without 
ileev^s, but having a neck like a fbirr, buttoned clofe up to the tap, 
with buttonsj often, of gold fillagree. This is peculiar to the Malays. 
Over this they wear the hadjoo^ which refembles a morning gown^ open 
at the heck, but faftened clofe at thfe wrifts and half way up the arm, 
with nine buttons to each flceve. The badjoo worn by young tnen, is 
open in front no farther down than the bofom, and reaches no lower 
than the waiil, whereas the others hang Voofe to the kdees, and fome* 
times to the ancles. They are made ufually of blue or white cotton 
cloth ; for the better fort, of chintz, and for great men, of flowered 
filks. The cayen farrcng is not unlike a Scots highlandcr's plaid, in ap- 
pearance, being a piece of party colored cloth about fix or eight feet 
Jong, and three or four wide, fowed together at the ends ; forming, as 
fome writers have defcribed it, a wide facfc wirhmit a buitum. This is 
fometimes gathered up, and flung over the fhoulder like k fafh, or elfe 
folded and tucked about the waift and hips ; and in full drefs, it is bound 
on by the creife (dagger) belt, which is of crimfon filk, and wraps feve- 
ral times round the body, with a loop at the end, in which the fheath 
of the creefe hangs* They wearfhort drawers, reaching half way down 
the thigh, generally of red or yellow taffeta. There is no covering to 
their legs or feet. Round thcJr heads they faftpn, in a particular man- 
ner, a fine, colored handkerchief, fo as to refemble a fmall turban ; the 
country people ufually twifting a piece of white or blue clbth for this 
purpofe* The cro\\Ti of their head remains uncovered, except on jour- 
neys, when they wear a toodong or umbreiJa-hf»t^ wbich compleafly 
&reens them from the weather. 
Woman* The Women have a kind of bodice, or fhort waiftcoat rather, that 
defends the breafts, and reaches to the hips. The cayen farrong, be- 
fore defcribed, comes up as high as the armpits, and extends to the feet, 
being kept on fimply by folding and tucking it over, Ut the breaft, ex- 
cept when the talks pending^ or zone, is worn about the waiftj which 
forms an additional and ncceflary fecurity. This is ufually of embroidered 
clothj and fometinies a plate of gold or lilver, about two inches broad, 
fattening 
