Odoricus: 
his visit to the island of Sumoltra.

Officers: 
of state, in Malayan governments. 
At Achin.

Oil: 
earth-. 
Camphor-. 
Coconut-.

Ophir: 
name of, not known to the natives. 
Height of Mount Ophir or Gunong Passamman.

Opium: 
considerable importation of, from Bengal. 
Law respecting. 
Practice of smoking. 
Preparation of. 
Effects of.

Oranges: 
various species of.

Oratory: 
gift of, natural to the Sumatrans.

Ornaments: 
worn.

Padang: 
the principal Dutch settlement.

Padang-guchi: 
river of.

Padi: 
or rice, cultivation of upland. 
Of lowland. 
Transplantation of. 
Rate of produce. 
Threshing. 
Beating out.

Paduka Sri: 
king of Achin, see Iskander Muda.

Pagi (or Nassaus): 
islands of.

Palembang: 
river of. 
Rises in the district of Musi, near Bencoolen river. 
Dutch factory on it. 
Description of country on its banks. 
Government. 
City of. 
Many foreign settlers. 
Language. 
Interior country visited by the English.

Palma-christi.

Pandan: 
shrub, its fragrant blossom.

Pangeran: 
nature of title. 
Authority much limited.

Pantun: 
or proverbial song.

Papaw: 
fruit.

Pase: 
kingdom of.

Passamman: 
province of.

Passummah: 
Legal customs of.

Pawns: 
or pledges, law respecting.

Pepper: 
principal object of the Company’s trade. 
Cultivation of. 
Description of the plant. 
Progress of bearing. 
Time of gathering. 
Mode of drying. 
White pepper. 
Surveys of plantations. 
Transportation of.

Percha (Pulo): 
one of the Malayan names of Sumatra.

Perfume.

Pergularia odoratissima: 
cultivated in England by Sir Joseph Banks.

Persons: 
of the natives, description of.

Pheasant: 
argus or Sumatran.

Philippine: 
islands, customs and superstitions of, resembling those of Sumatra.

Pidir: 
kingdom of.

Pigafetta (Antonio): 
in his voyage appears the earliest specimen of a Malayan vocabulary.

Pikul: 
weight.

Pinang: 
areca, or, vulgarly, the betel-nut-tree, and fruit.

Pinang (Pulo): 
island of.

Pineapple.

Piratical habits: 
of Malays.

Plantain: 
or pisang. 
Varieties of the fruit.

Pleading: 
mode of.

Poetry: 
fondness of the natives for.

Polishing: 
leaf.

Polygamy: 
question of. 
Connexion between it and the practice of purchasing wives.

Population.

Porah: 
island of.