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the waist, and in this case the sarong is so folded as to reach 
only half way down to the knee, instead of to the ankle, as 
ordinarily. 
A short sleeved cotton jacket, generally white, covers his 
body and his head dress is a small coloured kerchief called 
dastar, the Persian word for turban. 
The nobles wear silks instead of cottons and with them a 
small but handsome £rvs, stuck into the sarong, is de rigueur 
for full dress. A gold or silver betel-nut box might almost 
be considered as part of the full dress, as they are never 
without one on state occasions, it being carried by an 
attendant. 
The women are fond of jewellery, and there are some clever 
gold and silversmiths in the city, whose designs appear to be 
imitated from the Javanese. Rings, earrings, broaches to 
fasten the jacket at the neck, elaborate hairpins, massive 
silver or gold belts, with large gold buckles, and bracelets of 
gold or silver are the usual articles possessed by a lady of 
position. 
The characteristic earring is quite a specialty of Brunai art, 
and is of the size and nearly the shape of a very large cham- 
pagne cork, necessitating a huge hole being made for its 
reception in the lobes of the ear. It is made hollow, of gold 
or silver, or of light wood gilt, or sometimes only painted, or 
even quite plain, and is stuck, lengthwise, through the hole 
in the ear, the ends projecting on either side. When the 
ladies are not in full dress, this hole occasionally affords a 
convenient receptacle for the cigarette, or any other small 
article not in use for the time being. 
The men never wear any jewellery, except, perhaps, one 
silver ring, which is supposed to have come from the holy 
city— Mecca. 
The Malay £v7zs is too well known to need description here. 
It is a dagger or poignard with a blade varying in length from 
six inches to two feet. This blade is not invariably wavy, or 
serpentine, as often supposed, but is sometimes quite straight. 
It is always sharp on both edges and is fashioned from 
iron imported from Singapore, by Brunai artificers. Great 
