Barbosa, (Odoardus): 
his account of Sumatra.

Barthema (Ludovico): 
his visit to the island.

Barus:  a place chiefly remarkable for having given its name to the most valuable sort of camphor.

Bats: 
various species of.

Batta: 
country of. 
Its divisions. 
Mr. Miller’s journey into it. 
Governments. 
Authority of the rajas. 
Succession. 
Persons, dress, and weapons of the inhabitants. 
Warfare. 
Fortified villages or kampongs. 
Trade, mode of holding fairs. 
Food. 
Buildings, domestic manners. 
Horse-racing. 
Books. 
Observations on their mode of writing. 
Religion. 
Mythology. 
Oaths. 
Funeral ceremonies. 
Crimes and punishments. 
Practice of eating human flesh. 
Motives for this custom. 
Mode of proceeding. 
Doubts obviated. 
Testimonies. 
Death of Mr. Nairne in the Batta country. 
Originality of manners preserved amongst this people, and its probable
causes.

Batu (Pulo).

Batu Bara: 
river.

Beards: 
practice of eradicating.

Beasts.

Beaulieu: 
commander of a French squadron at Achin.

Beeswax.

Bencoolen: 
river and town. 
Interior country visited. 
Account of first English establishment at.

Benzoin: 
or benjamin, mode of procuring. 
Nature of the trade. 
Oil distilled from.

Betel: 
practice of chewing. 
Preparation of.

Betel-nut: 
or areca, see Pinang.

Bintang: 
island of.

Birds: 
Species which form the edible nests. 
Modes of catching.

Birds-nest: 
edible, account of.

Biru: 
island of.

Blachang: 
species of caviar, mode of preparing.

Blades:  of krises. mode of damasking.

Boulton (Mr. Matthew).

Bread-fruit: 
or sukun.

Breezes: 
land and sea.

Braham (Mr. Philip).

Broff (Mr. Robert).

Buffalo: 
or karbau, description of the. 
Killed at festivals.

Building: 
modes of, described.

Bukit Lintang: 
a high range of hills inland of Moco-moco.

Bukit Pandang: 
a high mountain inland of Ipu.

Burying-places: 
ancient, veneration for.

Chameleon: 
description of.

Campbell (Mr. Charles).

Camphor: 
or kapur barus, a valuable drug. 
Description of the tree. 
Mode of procuring it. 
Its price. 
Camphor-oil. 
Japan camphor.

Cannibalism.

Cannon: 
use of, previously to Portuguese discoveries.

Carpenters’ work.

Carving.

Cassia: 
description of the tree. 
Found in the Serampei, Musi, and Batta countries.

Cattle: 
Laws respecting.

Causes: 
or suits, mode of deciding.