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rice, but in this variety only about 44 gantangs of rice will be obtained 
from 10 gantangs of padi. Its recommendations are—being rather pro- 
lific, yielding 800 to goo gantangs to an orlong (75 to 843 bushels to an 
acre), an‘! in being very hardy ; it seldom fails. It is therefore often 
spoken o! as the poor man’s padi—a poor man in this case meaning a 
new settler who has not had time to lay in a stock of fancy rice. Taking 
about seven months to mature, it 1s rather a heavy padi. 
Vili. Pad? Sakaz. Sk csuls 
So called after the Sakais, from whom it is said to have been obtained. 
The grain is large and short. The husk having a ruddy colour is con- 
sidered to be a disadvantage. When cooked, however, it has a pecu- 
liar smell (mousy), which is much esteemed. This smell is more or less 
common to all newly harvested rice, but this variety has it in excess. 
It is a favourite rice for daily use. The yield is about 600 gantangs to 
the orlong (56 bushels to an acre). It takes about six months to mature. 
A remarkable point about it is the thickness of the straw, which the 
Malays say is as thick as one’s thumb—a very small thumb. It averages 
about 15 stems to the stool. 
LX. Padi Burong. 99! sil 
Bird padi. So called as it is considered the best padi to feed pigeons 
or doves on. Is said to have come from Siam. At one time it was 
a great favourite, but has gone out of fashion. The grain is small, 
nearly round, hard, and dry. It does not grow much over three feet 
high. Takes about five months to mature, and yields from 500 to 600 
gantangs to the orlong (47 to 56 bushels to the acre.) 
X. Padi Bunga Machang or Padi Kuda. IS (stl gil feces Sy culs 
Horse mango padi, so called by the Malays, as it is thought to go best 
with that fruit. By the Chinese generally spoken of as horse padi (padi 
kuda), being considered specially suitable for feeding horses. It is 
essentially a poor man’s padi, and is not eaten when any other is pro- 
curable. The grain is short, thick, and hard. It ts the most prolific of 
the padis, yielding as much as 1,200, and never less than 600 or 700, 
gantangs to the orlong (112, 56 or 66 bushels to the acre). The straw 
is very long—over seven feet. It takes longer to mature—nearly nine 
months; is the heaviest, and therefore probably the most nutritious, 
although it fetches the lowest price in the market. 
PULUT. (Oryza Glutinosa.) 
I will now describe some of the varieties of Pulut rice. This, Mr. Wray 
tells me, is a different species, and never finds its way into the European 
markets. After being husked, it will not keep more than a few days 
without getting maggots in it. As a rule it is more soft and gelatinous 
that the Jawei. By the local Malays it is said to be too heating for 
ordinary use, although the Javanese have no objection to using it con- 
stantly. Usually it is reserved for cakes, sweets etc., while the Jawei 
is used for ordinary consumption. 
