ir powerat one time was no delusion. Achin, which rose to be the chief of them, in 1615could send against Portuguese Malacca an expedition of more than 500 sail, 100of which were galleys larger than any then constructed in Europe, and carried from600 to 800 men each. [Dr. Schlegel writes to me that… … The three Asiatic Rhinoceroses; (upper) Indicus, (middle) Sondaicus, (owerj Sumatranus.* Note 5.—The elephant seems to abound in the forest-tracts throughout the wholelength of Sumatra, and the species is now determined to oe a distinct one (E.Sumatranus) from that of continental India and…
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