The history of Sumatra, containing an account of the government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants,

William E. Marsden

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Preface 1. Situation 2. Distinction of inhabitants 3. Villages 4. Agriculture 5. Fruits, flowers, medicinal shrubs and herbs 6. Beasts 7. Vegetable productions of the island considered as articles of commerce 8. Gold, tin, and other metals 9. Languages 10. Comparative state of the Sumatrans in civil society 11. Remarks on, and elucidation of, the various laws and customs 12. Modes of marriage, and customs relative thereto 13. Custom of chewing betel 14. The country of Lampong and its inhabitants 15. Account of the inland country of Korinchi 16. Malayan states 17. Kingdoms of Indrapura, Anak-Sungei, Passamman, Siak 18. Kingdom of Achin 19. History of the kingdom of Achin 20. Brief account of the islands lying off the western coast of Sumatra Index.

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