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JOURNAL
OP A TOUR INTO tut INTERIOR OF SUMATRA,
ET SIR THOMAS STANFORD RAFFLFA, ENT.
T.R.S.F.A.S. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF BEN.
COOLEN, ke. Ice. Ike.
IFros " lovistigotor" of January, 11111, a very
iatereadag Work.]
(Cenfinuedfrois ear Paper of Timooday Soot)

• AT SEA, SZPTILIIBIa 10, 1816.
As soon as breakfast was over, 1 went out to see
what was going on. • The chiefs, after sitting down
int a circle. sod debating for about an hour, Pose,
knit the parties dispersed. in order that the newly
or.ived ehiefs might think on the subject by them-
selves, mot advise with their followers. They &e-
-vadingly adjourned to there opposite hill, on orbit*
eteetel hundred people had collected. Here they
welliAlinoed in conference till ten o'clock ; where,
finding there was no chance of a speedy termini".
tion, 1 ordered my polty to be iii readiness to
move. We were no sooner in motion, lbws tea
chiefs again assembled, in council, and it es* ye.
quested that I would wit ten minutest anger. Want-
ing patience to do ththeond determined at once to
',week through this ternous delay, to which it vex
to be feared we shoultabecome subjected in paw
ing the boundary of every petty state, I walked'
into the snide, of thelqVcle, and demanded that
they Mewl" say in one word what was required ;
on which the most re ctable sun among them
nnewered. So ; that II to say, twenty
dollar,. The moue immediately tendered ;
we shook hoods; thd' oat cordiality and good
understanding nista • prevailed ; and we were
permitted to proceed bout further hesitation.
1 It was now betweeriNen and eleven o'clock. Oar
. course on the descent, bre partly over +leveret cleared
• hills, cultisated with elbifee, indigo, &c. In about
' an hour after storing, the scene opened. cud we
hied the gratifying view of the Ter Blew country ;
an elrtesisive and highly-cultivated plain, bounded
to the south by the noble mountain of Tithing.
A flee descendingiate hill. and reaching the plain,
„mot course lay entirely along the narrow ridges
• embsiikrneuts railed between thence Bends, nob!
•vre reached the market-place, distinguislied by se-
' werel large warireeits or hairpin trees. Here
we
hal.rel, aid partook of several kind. of fruits that
were presented to us. In our way from &kit Bstu
to this place, otir party had been strengdwurd,
• tutu it amounted to some thousands; the people
of the country being collected at the different emi-
nences naar which we pas-ed. They welcomed us.
ss they jitiolol the ifirong, by the most discordant
fowls sod cheers that can well be conceived. Ar-
rived et the miktet...they formed an extensive circle
several deep, fliefront row squatting ; uearly the
whole were artnee44ris4 spear.; and smoug them
were some women. -:Mte old woman made herself
very conspicuous ley 'her attentions; and when a
little alarm was shown by Lady R., on account of
the viedeme of the howling and cheering, she was
•the first to aver? &ilk nu harm was meant—it was
oaly the way Jibe WI people, who took this
mode to show their delight, and how happy they
were to see oil. On the whole, I cannot well con-
trive any throe ingre isayage than Ilse manners of
.thus noisy, party, from 'the time the chiefs joiued us
.until we left.the maiket-place. It was evident
that they wished to give us as hospitable reception;
and this, like amity, must cover a multitude of
sins. l will only add, that before they suffered us
to proceed. bryou4. the market-011re, a new con-
sultation was berth; which lasted inure than half an
lour. when soother dovecor became necessary.
%Y 5 then prosecuted our journey to the towns of
Solo Si laps, wlri were toneidered as the first in
rank of the Tekit,'Blas Cola., and shout four
c'eleick rear-lied our destine:jou. Here, rate. bring
kept for about-611f ass hour ire the bali, or towo-
hall, we were accommodated its a Very commodious
planked house, which appeared iv be the residence
of one of the priocipul chiefs.
Fielding outelehres among a set of people who ex.
hibited in their manners so much of the savage, we
deteemined testelpeep oar party close together ; and
overerver and Otters] movement was made, to call
nu the rid of the drum ouch life, which fortunately
hod btu rl with us. hie imperfect music,
perlormed, seemed to hive a great
you the people.
v now once more Ird you across the Birison,
,-er moinositis, which had hitherto mu ea-
r opposed the approach of Europeans to the
populous countries ire the interior. In a
.tier I attempted to express the delight
I first eneweel the fertile valley of l'assu-
spending three days in the forests. Here
cart nip prepared to fire.: a r °unify still
more',) e . populous: awl I was not dissp-
pour whole of the plain or volley (I
100 litilveivhiltit to call ii), occupied by the Tess
egi'Thirtreu Coca federate Towne. es nor
ilbvalina ; its breadth it may he slain
in length twenty miles, thit kly studded
siol villages, some of them running in a
lure Wirers' miles. This we's the CUM:
town of Solo Saga. where we put up.
of Seley• joins that of solo, a Itrocr the
..-es are usually rietioniiiisted of Soh. Sekiya. A
;Wen, c.allait liars, is again may separated
hese by rte The whole are shaded by
atwve groves {)fcosios-nut trees.
On the slope &Ether hills the principal collies-
coheists of coffee, indigo, maize, sugar-rime,
the oil-givitttettots; on the plain below almost
.exclusively riots sawas or rice fields are hrr,
Ired exactly on the principle of the mountain
sli is Java, and the soil and produce perm
Asally good. A fine breed of small cattle, which
.seems peculiar. abounds here. and throughout the
filanageabow country ; and oxep appear to be gene-
rally - :in sgricoltere in preference to buffaloes:
usually about three feet fees inches high.
ly made, and mostly of a light fawn co-
t black eyes sad MAN, and are sold at from
four dollars a head: They are. withers
, the most besetifol little animals of the
ever beheld ; we did not see one in bad con.
Horses, of which there were plenty, are
seed ; for a mare sod foal the price was

dollars.
(To lie continua)

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