z^^ SUMATRA. 
ProiJiiaioiiSp The produftjons of the country are, camphire, gnm benjamm, calEa, 
cotton and indigo. The domeflic aninaals are horfes, cows, buffulocs, 
goatSj hogs and dogs of the cur kind; with the wild ones that are com- 
mon to all parts of Sumatra, There is no gold found in the northern 
parts, nor any brought down to Ta^anooley, Rice is extremely plenty 
in fomc of thofe diftrii^s which lie near the fea ; and as fcarce in others. 
At Natai this grain is faid to yield a produce of feventy or eighty for one; 
and ai a pldc© called SsoJoQy fo much as an hnndreil. No benjamin is 
produced to the northward of Smkeil, nor to the fouthward of Batang- 
fara^ near the bay. The growth of the camphire tree is alfo much 
liQiited in point of extent ; noAe being found fouth of the equinodial. 
^g^adr'"*' ^»g^ on the river called Baitco-hara; which, having its fource 
in the Bait a country, empties itfelf into the ftraits of Malacca^ and is 
always fpoken of as the moft navigable in that part of the iflaud ; is 
found a large brick building, concerning the erection of which no tradi- 
tion is preferved among the people. It is defcribed as a fquare, or 
feverai fquares, and at one corner is an extremely high pillar, fuppofed 
by iheui Lu have Deeo acugned tor carrying a flag. Images, or reliefs, 
of human figures, are carved in the walls, which they conceive to be 
Chinefe J ops or idols. The bricks, of which fome were brought to 
T appanooly, are of a fmaller fize than thofe ufed by the Englilh. 
B«us* "^^^ j&fJ//f?J are in their perfons rathei* below the ftature of the Malay, 
and their complexions are fairer; which may perhaps be owing to their 
diftance from the fea, an element they do not at all frequent. 
in order to rcmra, and a<^ppcd that night at a eampong called €oh Mwatf, and ilie next eveoiig 
reached Sa-mafam y from whence we came by a different road from what we had traveltcd before, 
to Sa-pt/ang i where we got fampans and paffed down thft Beiaj^ "Tara river, to the fea, Jdy 
aid. We returned to Pwii Fmcboi^J' It fliouid be obferved, that owing to fome difficultic* 
made by the country peopJe, and the dilTatisfaaory condua of the priflcipal perfon who accom- 
panied them as a guide, the objeft of Mr. MHlcr's journey was fruftrated, and they did not even 
fee the caflla trees. During the toujfe of the joujuey they wcrt tTtry where treated with great 
hofpitaUty and rcff«£t« 
Their 
