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four poutids. It Ukewife became evident from the ilatcmeuts drdwn oxA 
hy that gentleman, that the medium annual produce of the company *i 
fettlemcnts on the weft coaft of Sumatra, ought to be eflimated at twelve 
hundred tons, of fixtcen hundred weight ; which is corroborated by 
average of the a6:ual receipts for any confidcrable number of years. 
Thus tnuch will be fufficient to give the reader an idea of peppef 
planting, as a fcience* How far, in a commercial light, this produce 
anfwers the Company's views in ftipporting the fettlements^ is forciga 
from my purpofe to difcufs, though it is a fubjed: on wiilch not a little 
might be faid. It is the hiftory of the iiland, and it's inhabitants^ and 
not of the European intereftSj that I attempt to lay before the public. 
The natives dif^inguifh three fpecies of pepper, which are called 
at different places by different names. At Laye, in the Rajang country, 
they term them lado Cawoor, lado Manna, and kda Jamheiy frotn the 
parts where each fort is fuppofed to prevail, or from whence it was iirft 
brought to them* The lado Cawoor, or Lampoon pepper, is the ftrong* 
eft plant, and bears the largeft leaf and fruit ; is flower in coming to 
perfection than the fecond, but of much longer duration. The leaf and 
fruit of lado Manna are fomcwhat fmaller, and its peculiarity, that it bears 
foon and in large quantities, but feldom pafles the third or fourth years 
crop. The Jambee, which has defervedly fallen into great difrepute, is 
of the fmalleft leaf and fruit, very Ihort lived, and not without difficulty 
trained to the chinkareen. In fome places to the fouthward they diftin* 
guilh two kinds only, lado Soodool and lado Jamhe, Lado Jiiohor and 
lado angen are not diftindtions of fpecies ; the former denoting the young 
Ihoots of pepper commonly planted, in oppoiition to the ktter , which is 
the term for planting by £ips* 
White pepper is manufactured by ftripping the outer hufk or coat frona 
the ripe and perfcft grains. This was for centuries fuppofed in Eu- 
rope to have been the produce of a different plant, and to poflTefs qua- 
lities fuperior to the commoii fort ; on the ftrength of which idea, it wfed 
H h to 
White PeppCT* 
