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of caste. It is thrown over one shoulder or folded about the waist. 

 They seem to be of no real use, but they can not be left aside. The 

 dress of the women consists of two garments only, a sarong skirt and a 

 long coat of figured calico. Small bundles and babies are carried in 

 a sarong worn as a pouch under the left arm. The sarongs are all of 

 brilliant colors and striking patterns, and few are really pretty. 



Labor was very cheap, the watchman at the eclipse station being 

 paid 15 guilders per month, equivalent to $6.00 of our money. Ordi- 

 nary labor was to be had in plenty for three guilders per month, and 

 many a family was supported on such an income. 



The Malays have their own particular vices. Ordinarily they are 

 not quarrelsome, but when aroused they can be fiends. Knives are the 

 usual weapons, little crescent-shaped things no longer than the finger. 

 This knife is held, as they hold all knives, between the tips of the 

 fingers. The objective point is the abdomen. I tried to get a knife as 

 a souvenir, but found it impossible, their sale having been prohibited, 

 I was told. The most unique method of taking life is that often prac- 

 tised upon faithless husbands, who are given finely chopped tiger 

 whiskers mixed with their food. 



During our stay occurred the 3 r early celebration of the ' soldiers ' 

 of Hasan and Hosain. A motley crowd of natives of all ages, in all 

 sorts of grotesque costumes, with faces painted and carrying banners 

 and symbols, paraded the streets day and evening for a week. Their 

 only attempt at music consisted of discordant sounds from tin pans, 

 sticks, gongs and whistles, subdued, fortunately, by the climate. The 

 object of this exhibition is a superstitious one. When the blowing of 

 trumpets fails to bring their gods to life, the believers gather money, 

 throw an image of some kind into the sea, and subside for another year. 



The headland which juts out into the Indian Ocean just south of 

 Pa dang commands an extensive view of the surrounding country. 

 This Appenberg of the Dutch (or Boekit Munyeet of the Malays) is 

 also interesting on account of its sacred monkeys. One Sunday when 

 we had no pressing duties at the eclipse station, we paid a visit to the 

 hill. The natives visit the hill and its monkeys to perform religious 

 rites. On our way we passed one of their cave temples, with its group 

 of worshippers. From the summit it was impossible to see anything 

 of the city except a few of the warehouses along the river ; all else was 

 completely hidden in the great grove of cocoanut trees. 



I had the privilege of seeing something of the coffee and spice in- 

 dustry through the courtesy of the American consul, who was exten- 

 sively engaged in the export trade. He showed me through the ' peel- 

 ing mill ' where the hard outer husk of the coffee berry is removed 

 by machinery (of American manufacture), and through his own and 

 the government's warehouses. Much of the government coffee was 



