SUMATRA, 
Englifh fettiements, are alnioft entirely compofed of them, with a mix- 
ture of Bugguefs or Macafar people. Europeans, attended by Malays 
only,, are continually travelling through the country. They are the only 
perfops employed in carrying treafure to diii ant places; in the capacity 
of fecretaries for the country correfpondence ; as civil officers, in feizing 
delinquents, among the planters, and elfewhere; and as mafters and 
fupercargoes of the tmhongms, praws^ and other fmall coa fling veffels- 
So great is the efie<a: which habit has upon a national chara^er eftcemcc^. 
the moft treacherous and fanguinary. 
Cuflom 
