50 SKETCH OF RORNEO. 



paw?T^ and who are estimatod at 30,000, receive 

 from Poiitiana all their supplies of opium, piece 

 goods, iron, and China articles The Bngis at 

 Fontiana chieflv apply themselves to trade, the 

 manufacture of Ba^is cïotb, and the working 

 of raw silk into cloths, Many of them are pos- 

 sesscd of ver V large property, amoiintiüg toabove 

 100^000 Dollars. They are generalij poor wheu 

 they come from Bugis-land, but soon acquire 

 propertj from umting frujality with dexterity 

 in trade. They are extr^m ly ceconomical and 

 even penurioiis in their «naniief of livins:, inso* 

 mnch that the daily expenc* of a Bii2:is-man's 

 familv, however great his property may be, does 

 not amount to above 3 or 4 wanj^s, when the 

 meanest Chinese icibonrer will continue tospend 

 a Rupee; and a wan^ at Pontia.ia is only the 

 12th part of a Rupee. 



The Sultan all >ws tbem fo cultivate as much 

 ground as they plr^ase, withi)Ut any considera* 

 tien for the same, but they seldoni avail tbeni- 

 selves of ibis permission, permilting; their do- . 

 mestic sla vos only to till as nmch as serves for 

 tbeir own subsistence. In na\ githHi, the Bu- 

 gis seem to have been station nry pro' ably for 

 these tbousand years; th»prf>as in wnrh they 

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