“…Dulaurier comments: 'Several are beautifully executed and written on Chinese paper' and he gives a list of ten titles. In his catalogue of this library, Voorhoeve (1973) We can surmise that Huttmann, in common with most other missionaries in Melaka, learned Malay. The fact that he was eager to buy manuscripts (most were acquired in Melaka between 1821 and 1824) is an indication of this, and it is probable that, like so many of his colleagues, he studied with Abdullah.…”