145. Answer to Mr. Crawford's letter. 



Celebes, are always raised several feet from the ground, whilst 

 those at Timor are always built on the ground) and the third 

 day after death invariably sacrifice some animal to the manes 

 of their departed friend. These sacrifices are often afterwards 

 repeated by those who can afford it, but custom only absolutely 

 requires the first sacrifices. Their religion, customs and belief 

 in auguries are inotherrespectsthesameas on Timor. » (Pag. 17.) 



« The dress of the peasantry male and female, is merely a 

 cloth, which is wrapped round them close under the arms and 

 descends to the knees ; the young women do not suffer their 

 hair to grow long until they are married. The men wear a 

 kind of capon their heads, made from the crab leaf. » (Pag. 18.) 



Papers on Suva. — * The religion and customs are in other 

 respects, said to be the same, as in Timor. » (Pag. 49.) 



Sketch at Borneo and Palo Kulamoutan. — a They are said to 

 shoot poisoned balls or arrows through hollow tubes, and 

 whenever they kill a man, they preserve the skull to exhibit as 

 atrophy to commemorate the achievements of their arms.» 

 (Pag. 4.) 



* Their laws neither depend upon the Koran, nor any written 

 Code human or divine beyond the whim and caprice of the 

 chief and his gang of desperadoes. The Sultan of Poutiana 

 has however established the following regulations. Punish- 

 ments for murder, life for life, except when the parties can 

 commute the same by a fine 



i A Proclamation is publicly affixed announcing the law, that 

 if any person be found adulterating gold dust, or altering it so 

 depreciated with a view to defraud, the perpetrator shall lose 

 his right arm, and the adulterated gold shall be confiscated. 

 For theft, five dollars per head is given by the Sultan to any 

 one bringing in the head of a thief; if brought in alive, he is 

 suspended by the heels and flogged as far as nature can bear short 

 of de3th, and the punishment repeated ad libitum.* (Pag. 36.) 



Paper on Salo. — t The only precepts of Mahomed either 



