﻿INGENIOUS PUZZLE. 97 



It is said that they were not natives of the peninsula, which they 

 consider more especially to be theirs, or, in other words, they were 

 not natives of Malacca, but that they came from Palembang, in Su- 

 matra, on the banks of the river Malaya. It is believed that they 

 founded the city of Malacca in 1252. 



Their mayor is called sultan. He has nobles under him, but they 

 are not 50 noble as some other nobles, and the government is not 

 very substantial. 



The Malays are dreaded as pirates by the people of Asia. They 

 pursue plunder or conquest with awful daring ; they have no mercy 

 for strangers, and their friendship is uncertain. A small offence 

 they take as an insult, which they revenge with frenzy and fury. 

 Some writers, however, maintain that such is not the natural dispo- 

 sition of the Malays, but that the oppressions of their conquerors 

 have driven them to this course of proceeding. These writers say 

 that the Malays " possess higher sentiments of honor, greater fidelity 

 to their word, and, upon the whole, a more estimable character than 

 the natives of India. They are even mild and courteous in their 

 domestic deportment." But they admit that " piracy is their irregu- 

 lar habit, most deeply rooted in their nature ; to it their ideas attach 

 no disgrace ; on the contrary, its successful prosecution is considered 

 glorious." 



Their language is very soft and smooth, and has become a sort 

 of current dialect in the mercantile associations of the East. 



Here is the prettiest puzzle I ever saw. It is the picture of two 

 DEAD DOGS. Now if you add four short lines to the drawing, the 

 dogs will change and become two dogs running away. Who can 

 tell where to place the lines ? 



