l6gy.] MACASSAR AND CELEBES. 263 



kill whatever conies in their way with wonderful Address 

 and Agility. To save your Life at that Juncture, there is no 

 better way then to run from them as soon as you see them 

 coming at a distance, but this is in case you are not in a 

 Condition to defend your self.^ 



These Customs they have in common with the People of 

 Macassar their Neighbours, and those of the Isle of Cclehcs'^ to 



characteristic malady among the Malays everywhere. Vincent le Blanc 

 gives a name to the Javanese waniors derived from this source : " Sa 

 principalle force estoit en certains soldats appellez Ainocos, c'est a dire 

 determinez & niesprisans leur vie, qui auoient coustume de s'oindre de 

 certaine confection ou huile odorant, pour monstrer leur resolution a la 

 mort." {Les Voyages dn Sieur Vincent le Blanc, p. 14:9,) 



Sonnerat, also, makes especial mention of the ferocity of the Malays, 

 stating that the captains of ships were prohibited from embarking any 

 Malay as a sailor : " On a vu quelquefois de ces hommes atroces, em- 

 barques imprudemment en tres-petit nombre, attaquer, dans le moment 

 qu'on y pensait le moius, un vaisseau, le poignard a la main, et tuer 

 beaucoup d'hommes avant qu'on put s'en rendre maitre. On a vu des 

 bateaux malais, amies de viugt-cinq a trente hommes, aborder hardi- 

 ment des vaisseaux europeens de quarante canons, pour s'en emparer 

 et massacrer, avec le poignard, une partie de I'equipage. L'histoire 

 malaise est pleine de traits semblables, qui tons anuoncent la ferocite 

 la plus temeraire. Le malais, qui n'est pas serf, est toujours arme ; il 

 rougirait de sortir de sa maison sans son poignard, qu'il nomme evil,;. 

 L'industrie de la nation s'est surpasses dans la fabrication decet instru- 

 ment destructeur." {Voyages aux Imles et a la Chine, vol. iii, p. 363.) 



1 In orig. : " en les tuant eux-memes," omitted by translator. 



2 "The Buggese, or inhabitants of Celebes, are trained from their 

 childhood to martial exercises ; and they are, in consequence, very 

 dexterous in the use of the spear. Tlie criss, which is constantly worn by 

 them, too often proves the fatal instru luent of assassination. Numerous 

 instances are related of their inflamed passions bursting forth in 

 sudden and violent starts ; and sometimes, without the least provocation, 

 they are known to have attacked persons in the public streets, of whom 

 they had not the slightest knowledge, cutting and stabbing them to 

 death, from no other motive, frequently, than to try the metal of their 

 crisses or choppers. An occurrence of this kind was very recently 

 witnessed. While a Buggese was carrying wood through the town of 

 Macassar, a man whom he had never seen stabbed him in passing, with 

 his criss, in the shoulder, without the smallest offence having been given. 

 The person attacked turned instantly with his chopper ; and after a 



