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 The form of this, the true Acheh, the Achehnese delight to compare to that of a winnowing-basket (jeuʿèë), as may be seen in the



illustration. The debouchement of the Acheh river (kuala Acheh) suggests to their fancy the somewhat sharply pointed mouth of the winnower, whence all unclean particles adhering to the husked rice are shaken out.

Proceeding down stream, we have the territory of the XXV Mukims on the left and that of the XXVI Mukims on the right, the intervening space up to the broad belt of outlying country being