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X.  An  Account  of  the  ljland  of  Sumatra,  &c.  Bv  Mr. 
Charles  Miller.  Communicated  by  Edward  King,  Efq. 
TO  EDWARD  KING,  ESQ. 
DEAR  SIR, 
Bed  ford-row, 
December  12,  1777. 
Read  Jan.  29,  < N ^HE  attention  which  has  been  paid  by 
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-*■  the  learned  world  to  the  accounts 
lately  publilhed  of  the  illands  of  the  Soutli-fea,  has  led 
me  to  think,  that  the  inclofed  account  of  the  illand  of 
Sumatra,  particularly  of  fome  of  its  interior  parts,  toge- 
ther with  that  of  the  neighbouring  illand  of  Enganho, 
might  not  be  wholly  unacceptable. 
It  is  compiled  from  feveral  letters  of  Mr.  Charles 
miller  (fon  of  the  late  botanic  gardener)  now  in  the 
fervice  of  the  Ealt  India  Company  at  Sumatra;  and,  as 
they  were  addreffed  to  different  friends,  without  the  moll 
dillant  idea  of  their  contents  being  communicated  be- 
yond that  circle,  allowance  mull  be  made  for  inaccura- 
cies of  ftile  and  want  of  connection;  for  I was  unwilling 
to  attempt  to  fupply  any  thing  that  feemed  wanting, 
judging 
