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with favour the nosegay I have gathered with so much care from the islands of 
this archipelago and the neighbouring continents, and to take them under their high 
and mighty protection.” P. 275. 
IV. The next paper by M. H. HatEwyn is an account of the tribe called the 
Dayakkers of Borneo. They seem in avery low state of civilization, being totally 
ignorant of reading and writing, and have a number of very peculiar customs well 
worth noticing, did our space allow of it. We shall only notice one, which will serve 
as a complete refutation of those who are disposed to hold Oriental civilization in 
low estimation. ‘‘ The Dayakkers are governed by their chiefs, who are entirely 
dependent on their subjects, and are chosen from the eldest of the people. If the 
chief acts arbitrarily, the people rebel against him and put another in his place.” 
P. 291. This it must be confesscd is the very acme and beau ideal of government, 
sufficient surely to satisfy the most liberal reformer. How wonderful it is that so 
perfect ascheme should, in the midst of the march of European intellect, be 
reserved for such a remote and unnoticed part of the world as this. “‘ There are,’’ 
proceeds the author, ‘‘ many debtors in Dayak : the custom is, that if the debt be 
not discharged in four months, itis doubled.’’ P, 291. This is worse than Calcutta 
Sircars and Life Insurances yet. 
V. The next article by Mr. VANDER JAurt is an account of the groupe of islands 
called the Kokos or Keeling Islands, of which a full and authentic account, derived 
from the Reports of Admiral OWEN tothe Government, was published in the GLEAN- 
INGS OF SciENCE, for Oct 1830. The article terminates with an account of the 
interview between the author and Mr. Ross, also given in the GLEANINGS. 
VI. The last article is an account of the mountains of Tinger, in Java, by 
H. T. Dornis, Resident at Soorabay. The author examines their geogra- 
phical situation, the dwellings of the inhabitants, their religions, their mode of pray- 
er, their festivals, their ceremonies of birth, marriage, and funerals; all these 
seem borrowed from the Indian Brahmins, and are quite different from the 
Muhammedan Javanese. Above the head of Brauma, VisHNu, and Siva, 
however, they acknowledge a supreme power, whom they call PrRaBo Goro 
IncGLoHorR. One ortwo singular customs may be noticed—‘“‘ widowsare highly priz- 
ed among them, and as soon as a woman has lost her husband she is sought after by 
almost all the bachelors; a young miss gets a husband with great difficulty.’ 
P. 330.’ One might be tempted to ask how then are widows produced? The case is 
similar to WINIFRED JENKIN’S puzzle as to how sheep’s heads could be found in 
Scotland unless there were sheep too. ‘‘ When the Tingerians wish to exhilarate 
themselves, they drink tocak, i. e- fermented palm wine, mixed with water, which 
renders them immensely frolicksome; the smoking of opium and drinking of 
strong waters is unknown-” Ibid. We know not whether the Temperance Societies 
would approve this distinction, 
On the whole, the author is so delighted with the climate and manners of the 
Tingerians, that he breaks out into a Virgilian rapture, which not to do him injus- 
tice, we shall give both in the original and translation as a conclusion to our 
analysis. ‘‘ Gelkkige bewoners van Tinger! hoe weining gevoelt gij mischien zelve 
het vo oregt hetwelk gij geniet !’’ 
‘Happy inhabitants of Tinger, how little perhaps do they feel the privileges 
which they enjoy.” 
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