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and other things ; but only such as they require for 

 immediate use. On a recent occasion, being invited 

 by the Patingi of Serekei to assist him, they had nearly 

 come to blows about this custom with the traders at 

 that time in the town, as they insisted upon being done 

 to as they did to the Serekei traders who came to them, 

 and they were too resolute and numerous to be re- 

 fused. 



The Malays trading to them, are not only allowed 

 to help themselves to the fowls and goats which, as 

 well as pigs, are said to be very numerous about their 

 villages, but are plentifully cared for, during their stay, 

 by the chief of the tribe ; who, by his taking all the 

 arrangements into his own hand, appears to monopolize 

 the trade of his people. He is said (Rajah Nipah) 

 to be attended with great state and ceremony, being 

 covered with umbrellas, which are carried over him. 

 These customs he has doubtless borrowed from the 

 Malays, whose settlements he has frequently visited, 

 and where he is treated with great respect. 



Next in numbers to the Kyans, but of much more 

 peaceful habits and practices, are the Orang Milanowes, 

 who inhabit the mouth of the great Rejang river, and 

 the small rivers to the eastward of Point Sirik. Their 

 principal towns are Egan, on the river of that name, 

 which is, however, but a mouth of the Rejang, being 

 that most to the eastward; Hoya, on a small river 

 twenty miles east of Egan ; and Mocha, on another, 

 fourteen miles east of the last- mentioned settlement. 



The Milanowes have been more affected by the customs 



