26 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL 



religion ; they wear a regvilar costume, they spin and 

 weave cotton or other textile fabrics, and make use of a 

 considerable variety of tools and weapons. 



In the foregoing pages we have glanced at the leading 

 features of the Malay Archipelago as a whole. We must 

 now pass on to a more detailed consideration of the 

 various geographical divisions of which it is composed. 



