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.

Portuguese: 
expeditions of, rendered the island of Sumatra well known to Europeans. 
Their first visit to it, under Diogo Lopez de Sequeira. 
Transactions at Pidir, and Pase. 
Conquer Malacca. 
Sustain many attacks and sieges from kings of Achin.

Potatoes: 
cultivated in the Korinchi country.

Priaman: 
river and district of. 
Invitation to the English to form a settlement there.

Puhn:  or Poon, signifying tree in general, applied by Europeans to a particular species.

Puhn-upas: 
or poison-tree, account of.

Pulas: 
species of twine from the kaluwi nettle.

Pulse: 
variety of.

Pulo: 
or island.

Pulo: 
point and bay.

Punei-jambu: 
a beautiful species of dove.

Punishments: 
corporal. 
Amongst the Battas. 
Amongst the Achinese.

Quail-fighting.

Queen: 
government of Achin devolves to a. 
Account of embassy from Madras to the.

Radin: 
prince of Madura.

Raffles (Mr. Thomas).

Rakan: 
river or estuary.

Rambutan: 
fruit.

Ramni: 
name given to Sumatra by the Arabian geographers.

Ranjaus: 
description of.

Rapes: 
laws respecting.

Rattan-cane: 
fruit of. 
Considerable export trade in.

Rau: 
or Rawa country.

Rayet shah (Ala-eddin):  said to have been originally a fisherman, ascends the throne of Achin, having murdered the heir.  During his reign the Hollanders first visited Achin.  And also the English, under Captain (Sir James) Lancaster, who carried letters from Queen Elizabeth.  At the age of ninety-five, confined by his son.

Reaping: 
mode of.

Rejang: 
people of, chosen as a standard for description of manners. 
Situation of the country. 
Divided into tribes. 
Their government.

Religion: 
state of, amongst the Rejang. 
No ostensible worship. 
The word dewa applied to a class of invisible beings. 
Veneration for the tombs of their ancestors. 
Ancient religion of Malays. 
Motives for conversion to Mahometanism. 
Of the Battas.

Reptiles.

Rhinoceros.

Rice: 
culture of. 
Distinctions of ladang or upland, and sawah or lowland. 
Sowing, mode of. 
Reaping, mode of. 
An article of trade.

Rivers.

Rock: 
species of soft. 
Coral.

Rum: 
or Rome, for Constantinople.

Sago-tree:  or rambiya (confounded with the Cycas circinalis, a different tree), described.

Salt: 
manufacture of.

Saltpetre: 
Procured from certain caves.

Sanding: 
islands or Pulo Sandiang.

Sappan: 
wood.

Scorpion: 
flower or anggrek kasturi.

Sculpture: 
ancient.

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