S- U M A T R a ; 
porary breafl works and entrenchments. They never engage hand to 
handj always keeping at a pretty fafe diftance, feldom nearer than ran- 
dom fhot ; except in cafe of fudden furprizc. 
Their flandard in war, is a horfe's head, from whence flows a long 
mane, or tail of hair. Their arms are matchlock guns, bamboo lances, 
and a fide weapon like a fword, or large knife. They carry no creefi 
Uke the Malays. Their ammunition boxes are provided with a number 
of little wooden cafes, each containing a charge for the piece, which are 
juft our ancient bandoleers; and in thefe arc carried Hkewife their match, 
and fmaller rmjowss the larger being in a joint of hamhoOy like a quiver, 
flung over the fliouldcr. They have machines curioufly carved and 
adorned, for holding their bullets, and others, of uncommon conftruc- 
tion, for a referve of gunpowder. This article they manufacture them- 
felves, procuring their faltpetre ufually from goat's dung. The match- 
locks they arc fuppllcd with by traders, who bring them from Menang" 
cah<m^ where they are made : their fwords are of their own wwkman- 
fliip. 
The natives of the fea coaft exchange their benjamin and camphire, Trade, 
for iron, fteel, brafs wire, and fait ; of which laft, about an hundred 
thoufand bamboos (gallons), are annually taken off in the bay of ^ap~ 
pamol)\ Thefe they barter again with the more inland inhabitants; in 
the mode I fball prefently defcribe ; for the produfe and manufadiures 
of the country, particularly their cotton cloths; of which article very 
little is imported from abroad. Some wear a firip of foreign blue cloth 
about their heads, in imitation of the Malay dayiar^ and a few have bad* 
jcos (outer garments) of chintz; but upon the whole, the fale of piece 
goods in the bay is very inconfide table.* 
Having 
* A great traJc is carried on from Naial to the Bmd of Nim, which lies mt far diilant. 
The articles r£cei?cd from thcoee are Rice and Slaves, and of thefe laft not lef$ than four 
hundred and fifty annually, bdide about an hundred and fifty which go to the nonhcm ports | 
anil in catching thefe unfortunate viflims of the avarice of the chiefs, it is computed that not 
few<r than two hundred are killed j which together form a confidei*abie number for fuch a coun- 
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