Sumatra in MDCCCXXIII, etc

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MISSION TO THE EAST COAST OF SUMATRA. Caledonian Mercury Press. MISSION TO THE EAST COAST OF SUMATRA, IN M.DCCC.XXIII, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE OP WALES ISLAND : INCLUDING HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE COUNTRY, AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMMERCE, POPULATION, AND THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS, AND A VISIT TO THE BATTA CANNIBAL STATES IN THE INTERIOR. BY JOHN ANDERSON, ESQUIRE. LATE AGENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, AND DEPUTY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, AND MALAY TRANSLATOR. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. M.DCCC.XXVI. CONTENTS. Dedication to Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Introduction. Journal. History. Appendix — 1. Instructions to Mr Ibbetson. 2. Memoranda of Heads of Inquiry. 3. Captain Crooke's Report of Jambi. 4.

Instructions to self. 5. Pieces of Cloths purchased on account of Government. Ditto. — A. Statement of Fees on Prows and Tonnage. B. Do. of do. on square rigged Vessels. C. Census of Population. D. Exports and Imports from 1816-17, to 1822-23. E. Account of the Pepper Trade from 1814-15, to 1822-23. F. Memorandum of Pepper sent to China. G. Quantity of Pepper imported from East Coast of Sumatra. PLATES. Page. Boga and Nipah Fruits, . . . . • 46 Large Prawn at Langkat — Plate, . . . .ib. Description, . . . 103 Karau Karau Battas from Tinging, inland of Delli, . . 43 Batta Cottage up the Bulu China, .... 62 Remarkable Tree at Malabar, in the Delli river Plate, . ib. Description, 41 Cannibal Batta from the Interior of Batu Bara, . . 122 Tubba Batta Women at Assahan, . . . .ib. Assembly of the Chiefs at Batubara, . . . 119 Rajah of Munto Panei, a Cannibal Chief, . . . 143 Batta Warrior from Seantar — a Cannibal— fVate, . . ib.

Description, ■ 33 Native of Padang, on the East Coast of Sumatra. — Plate, . 1 43 Description of Padang, 308 Batta from the Borders of the Great Lake, . . .146 Tubba Slave in the Stocks. — Plate, ... ib. Description, . . .127 Batta and Malayan Warlike Instruments, . . . 354 Charts of part of Sumatra. Chart of the Jambi River. To SIR JOHN RAE REID, Ba&t, Sir, Having enjoyed the liberal patronage of your late excellent Father, during a period of nearly ten years ser vice in one of the most distant possessions of the Honourable East India Company, and been occasionally honoured with a correspondence, in which he evinced the deep interest which he felt in all that related to the prosperity of that distinguished body of which he had long been one of the most indefatigable and zealous representatives; it was my wish to have dedicated to him this volume.