Sea: 
encroachments of.

Sequeira (Diogo Lopez de): 
first Portuguese who visited Sumatra.

Serampei: 
country. 
Villages, government, features of the women. 
Peculiar regulation. 
Further account of.

Sesamum: 
or bijin, oil produced from.

Sexes: 
mistaken ideas of a considerable inequality in the numbers of the two.

Shellfish.

Siak: 
river of. 
Survey of. 
Country on both sides flat and alluvial. 
Abundance of ship-timber. 
Government. 
Trade. 
Subdued by the king of Achin.

Si Biru: 
island of.

Silebar: 
river, and district of.

Sileda: 
attempt to work a gold mine at.

Silk-cotton (bombax).

Singapura: 
city of, when founded.

Singkel: 
river.

Si Porah: 
or Good Fortune, island of.

Situation: 
of the island, general account of.

Slavery: 
state of, not common among the Rejangs. 
Condition of negro slaves at Fort Marlborough.

Smallpox: 
its ravages.

Snakes.

Soil: 
described. 
Unevenness of surface. 
Fertility of.

Songs: 
Singing.
amusement of.

Spices: 
see Nutmegs.

Sugar: 
manufacture of. 
Imperfect sort, called jaggri.

Sugar-cane, cultivation of.

Suits: 
see Causes.

Sulphur: 
Where procured.

Sumatra: 
name probably of Hindu origin.

Sungei-lamo and Sungei-itam: 
rivers.

Sungei-tenang: 
country, account of.

Superstitious opinions.

Surf: 
Considerations respecting. 
Probable cause of.

Surveys: 
of pepper plantations.

Swala: 
or sea-slug, an article of trade.

Swasa: 
a mixture of gold and copper so called.

Tamarind: 
tree.

Tanjong: 
flower.

Tappanuli: 
celebrated bay of. 
Settlement on the island of Punchong kechil. 
Taken in 1760 by the French, and again in 1809.

Taprobane: 
name of, applied to Sumatra in the middle ages.

Teak: 
timber, its valuable qualities. 
Attempts to cultivate the tree.

Teeth: 
mode of filing them. 
Sometimes plated with gold.

Theft: 
laws respecting. 
Proof of, required.

Thermometer: 
height of, at Fort Marlborough, and at Natal. 
So low as 45 degrees on a hill in the Ipu country.

Threshing: 
mode of.

Thunder: 
and lightning, very frequent. 
Effect of.

Tides: 
At Siak. 
Flow to a great distance in rivers on eastern side of the island.

Tiger: 
Ravages by this animal. 
Traps.

Tiku: 
river and islands of.

Timber: 
great variety of. 
Species enumerated.