The History of Sumatra eBook

William Marsden
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 680 pages of information about The History of Sumatra.

The History of Sumatra eBook

William Marsden
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 680 pages of information about The History of Sumatra.

Earthquakes.

Eating: 
mode of.

Eclipses: 
notion respecting.

Edrisi: 
his account of Sumatra by the name of Al-Rami.

Elastic gum.

Elephants.

Elizabeth: 
Queen, addresses a letter to the king of Achin.

Elopements: 
laws respecting.

Emblematic presents.

Engano: 
island of.

English: 
their first visit to Sumatra. 
Settle a factory at Achin.

Europeans: 
influence of.

Evidence: 
rules of, and mode of giving.

Expedition: 
to Serampei and Sungei-tenang countries.

Fairs.

Fencing.

Fertility: 
of soil.

Festivals.

Feud: 
account of a remarkable one.

Fevers: 
how treated by the natives.

Filigree: 
manufacture of.

Fire: 
modes of kindling. 
Necessary for warmth among the hills.

Firearms: 
manufactured in Menangkabau.

Firefly.

Fish: 
Ikan layer, a remarkable species. 
Various kinds enumerated.

Fishing: 
mode of.

Fish-roes: 
preserved by salting. 
An article of trade.

Flowers: 
description of.

Foersch, (Mr.): 
his account of the poison-tree.

Fogs: 
dense among the hills.

Food.

Fortification: 
mode of.

Fort Marlborough: 
the chief English settlement on the coast of Sumatra. 
Establishment of. 
Reduced by Act of Parliament.

French:  settlement of Tappanuli taken by the, in the year 1760, and again in 1809, attended with circumstances of atrocity.  Sent a fleet to Achin, under General Beaulieu.

Fruits: 
description of.

Funerals: 
ceremonies observed at.

Furniture: 
of houses.

Gambir: 
mode of preparing it for eating with betel.

Gaming: 
laws respecting. 
Propensity for, and modes of.

Geography: 
limited ideas of.

Goitres: 
natives of the hills subject to. 
Disease not imputable to snow-water. 
In the Serampei country.

Gold: 
island celebrated for its production of. 
Chiefly found in the Menangkabau country. 
Distinctions of. 
Mode of working the mines. 
Estimation of quantity procured. 
Price. 
Mode of cleansing. 
Weights.

Government: 
Malayan.

Grammar.

Graves: 
form of.

Griffiths, (Mr. John).

Guana: 
or iguana, animal of the lizard kind.

Guava: 
fruit.

Gum-lac.

Gunpowder: 
manufacture of.

Hair: 
modes of dressing the.

Heat: 
degree of.

Hemp: 
or ganja, its inebriating qualities.

Henna: 
of the Arabians used for tingeing the nails.

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