In after-days, when the name of Sumatra for the Great Island had
established itself, the traditional term "Little Java" sought other
applications. Barbosa seems to apply it to Sumbawa; Pigafetta and
Cavendish apply it to Bali, and in this way Raffles says it was still
used in his own day. Geographers were sometimes puzzled about it. Magini
says Java Minor is almost incognita.
(Turnour's Epitome, p. 45; Van der Tuuk, Bladwijzer tot de drie
Stukken van het Bataksche Leesboek, p. 43, etc.; Friedrich in Bat.
Transactions, XXVI.; Levchine, Les Kirghiz Kazaks, 300, 301.)
NOTE 2. - As regards the treasure, Sumatra was long famous for its
produce of gold. The export is estimated in Crawford's History at 35,530
ounces; but no doubt it was much more when the native states were in a
condition of greater wealth and civilisation, as they undoubtedly were
some centuries ago. Valentyn says that in some years Achin had exported 80
bahars, equivalent to 32,000 or 36,000 Lbs. avoirdupois (!). Of the other
products named, lign-aloes or eagle-wood is a product of Sumatra, and is
or was very abundant in Campar on the eastern coast.