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The men and women of this country take great care of their heads; 

 if another touches it, or if they get into a quarrel in trading, or if they are 

 drunk and insult each other, they draw their dagger and begin stabbing, 

 thus deciding the question by violence. If one is killed, the other runs 

 away and conceals himself for three days, after which time he lias no more 

 to account for his opponent's life. When on the contrary a murderer is 

 caught on the spot, he is also stabbed to death immediately. 



They do not know the punishment of flogging with whip or bamboo ; 

 for great and small offences the hands of the culprit are bound on his back 

 with a thin rattan and, being led away a few paces, he is stabbed with the 

 dagger in his side or between his ribs once or twice, untill he dies; not 

 one day passes without a man being killed, which is very frightful. 



Chinese copper coins of different dynasties are current here. 



Tuban (*) is the native name of a place with somewhat more than a 

 thousand families, all under one chief; amongst these are many Chinese 

 from Canton and Chang-chou ( 2 ) 3 who have settled there. Fowls, goats, fish 

 and vegetables are very cheap here. 



On the seashore is a small pond with fresh, potable water, which 

 is called the Holy water. It is tolcl that in the time of the Yuan dynasty, 

 the imperials generals Shih-pi and Kau Hsing having come to attack Java, 

 they were a month without obtaining any advantage; the water on board 

 the ships was exhausted and the army was in a precarious state; the two 

 generals then prayed to Heaven, saying: //We have received the imperial 

 //command to subdue the barbarians , if Heaven is with us may a well spring 

 //up and if not, let there be no water." Having finished this prayer they 

 thrust their spears with force into the seashore and immediately water sprang 

 up from the place where the spears had struck; the water was good for 

 drinking, all drank of it and were saved by this assistance from Heaven. 

 The well exists up to the present day. 



Going eastward from Tuban for about half a day, one comes to 

 Ts'e-ts'un, of which the native name is Gersik (Grissé) ( 3 ). Originally this 

 place was a barren seashore, but Chinese who came to this country estab- 



O {EL rH . province of Fukien, neighbourhood of Amoy. 



( 3 ) jj|Êj ^»>j* native uame J$L K^ : ëp Kë-r-sih. The former name is Chinese, meaning 



the Duug-village. 



