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in cases, neatly manufactured from the split 

 leaves of the fan-palm, and stained with many 

 bright colours ; while the chunam is contained 

 in small gourds, or bamboo boxes, elaborately 

 carved. Nutmegs are highly esteemed as an 

 addition to the betel masticatory, but are rare 

 and expensive, even on this, their chosen soil, 

 where the jealous policy of the Dutch will nei- 

 ther permit them to grow wild nor to be cul- 

 tivated. Both sexes almost invariably carry a 

 quid of tobacco-leaf beneath the upper lip, 

 where it is retained by a groove, filed through 

 the surface of the front teeth. They also smoke 

 the same weed in the form of cigars, (rocos,) 

 prepared by enclosing the cut leaf in the de- 

 licate husk of the Indian-corn, or in the leaf of 

 the fan-palm ; both agreeably scented. Opium, 

 in the form of an extract, is also smoked for its 

 sedative and intoxicating effects, but is a luxury 

 in which but few indulge, as it is not only 

 expensive but prohibited by the laws. 



Don Domingos Santa Cruz, the present rajah 

 of Soutranha, holds his territory under the 

 Dutch, as he formerly did under the Portuguese, 

 flag. He possesses a perfect knowledge of the 

 elements of European education, and speaks 

 the Portuguese, as well as the aboriginal and 

 Malayan languages. He has also acquired repu- 



