The History of Sumatra
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They commonly carry charms about their persons to preserve them fromaccidents; one of which was shown to us, printed (at Batavia or Samarangin Java) in Dutch, Portuguese, and French. It purported that the writerwas acquainted with the occult sciences, and that whoever possessed oneof the papers impressed with his mark (which was the figure of a handwith the thumb and fingers extended) was invulnerable and free from allkinds of harm. It desired the people to be very cautious of taking anysuch pr...inted in London (where certainly none were ever printed), as theEnglish would endeavour to counterfeit them and to impose on thepurchasers, being all cheats. (Whether we consider this as a political or amercantile speculation it is not a little extraordinary and ridiculous). The houses here, as well as in the Serampei country, are all built onposts of what they call paku gajah (elephant-fern, Chamaerops palma, Lour. ), a tree something resembling a fern, and when full-grown apalm-tree. It is of a fibrous nature, black, and lasts for a great lengthof time.
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They commonly carry charms about their persons to preserve them fromaccidents; one of which was shown to us, printed (at Batavia or Samarangin Java) in Dutch, Portuguese, and French. It purported that the writerwas acquainted with the occult sciences, and that whoever possessed oneof the papers impressed with his mark (which was the figure of a handwith the thumb and fingers extended) was invulnerable and free from allkinds of harm. It desired the people to be very cautious of taking anysuch pr...inted in London (where certainly none were ever printed), as theEnglish would endeavour to counterfeit them and to impose on thepurchasers, being all cheats. (Whether we consider this as a political or amercantile speculation it is not a little extraordinary and ridiculous). The houses here, as well as in the Serampei country, are all built onposts of what they call paku gajah (elephant-fern, Chamaerops palma, Lour. ), a tree something resembling a fern, and when full-grown apalm-tree. It is of a fibrous nature, black, and lasts for a great lengthof time.
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