Mantawei: 
name of race of people inhabiting certain islands.

Manufactures.

Marco Polo: 
his account of Sumatra, by the name of Java minor. 
Visited it about the year 1290.

Marriage: 
modes of, and laws respecting. 
Rites of. 
Festivals. 
Consummation of.

Marsden (Mr. John).

Measures: 
of capacity and length.

Measurement: 
of time.

Medicinal: 
shrubs and herbs.

Medicine: 
art of.

Mega: 
island of.

Menangkabau: 
kingdom of. 
History of, imperfectly known. 
Limits of. 
Rivers proceeding from it. 
Political decline. 
Early mention of it by travellers. 
Division of the government. 
Extraordinary respect paid to reigning family. 
Titles of the sultan. 
Remarks on them. 
Ceremonies. 
Conversion of people to the Mahometan religion. 
Antiquity of the empire more remote than that event. 
Sultan held in respect by the Battas.

Metempsychosis: 
ideas of, as entertained by the Sumatrans.

Miller (Mr. Charles).

Minerals.

Mines: 
gold. 
Copper. 
Iron.

Missionaries: 
no attempt of, to convert the Sumatrans to Christianity, upon record.

Moco-moco: 
in Anac-sungei, account of.

Monkeys: 
various species of.

Monsoons: 
causes of their change.

Morinda: 
wood of, used for dyeing.

Mountains: 
chain of, running along the island. 
Height of Mount Ophir or Gunong Passamman. 
High mountain called Bukit Pandang.

Mucks: 
practice, nature, and causes of.

Muhammed shah (Ala-eddin or Ula-eddin): 
succeeds Juhan shah as king of Achin. 
His turbulent reign, and death.

Mukim: 
divisional district of the country of Achin.

Mulberry.

Murder: 
compensation for.

Musi: 
district of.

Music: 
Minor key preferred.

Mythology: 
of the Battas.

Nako-nako: 
islands of.

Nalabu: 
port of.

Name: 
of Sumatra, unknown to the Arabian geographers, and to Marco Polo. 
Various orthography of. 
Probably of Hindu origin.

Names: 
when given to children. 
Distinctions of. 
Father often named from his child. 
Hesitate to pronounce their own.

Natal: 
settlement of. 
Gold of fine quality procured in the country of. 
Governed by datus.

Navigation.

Nias: 
island of.

Nibong: 
species of palm, description and uses of.

Nicolo di Conti: 
his visit to Sumatra.

Nutmegs: 
and cloves, first introduction of, by Mr. Robert Broff. 
Second importation. 
Success of the culture.

Oaths: 
nature of, in legal proceedings. 
Collateral. 
Mode of administering. 
Amongst the Battas.