Download or read book The History of Sumatra written by William Marsden and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Sumatra is a book by William Marsden. It provides the reader with an account of the leadership, laws, traditions and manners of the native inhabitants of Sumatra. Excerpt: "The most obvious division, and which has been usually made by the writers of voyages, is that of Mahometan inhabitants of the sea-coast, and Pagans of the inland country. This division, though not without its degree of propriety, is vague and imperfect; not only because each description of people differ considerably among themselves, but that the inland inhabitants are, in some places, Mahometans, and those of the coast, in others, what they term Pagans."