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No.19: House at Achein (Aceh)

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English: Houses att Achein.

Their houses are builtt on posts Covered with Cajans or toddy leaves-, the sides of rattanes very prettily woven. Their living is in the upper roomes, the lower lying open like a lynny; because that after some greatt shower of Raine the vally is overfiowne as aforesaid, soe thatt they goe from place to place and house to house in prowes* or boates ; butt the water stayeth not above 2 or 3 Dales. This by reports.

Much gold in sundry parts of this Hand, some within the Dominion of this King (For it hath Divers), it beeing one of the greatest knowne Iland[s] in the World, the Middle of it lying allmost rightt under the equinoctiall lyne.[1]
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The travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 volume 3 part 1

https://archive.org/details/travelsofpetermu31mund/page/n200/mode/1up?q=
Author Peter Mundy

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