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punishment could hardly be devised. It has reduced many to 

 tears. It was started under the auspices of the late Mr. 

 0' Sullivan who happened to have amongst his prisoners a 

 Province Wellesley basket-maker. With the help of Mrs. 

 Hansen, the Matron, the industry has been firmly established 

 there, and it is owing to her assistance also that I have been 

 enabled to master the details of the industry and to make a 

 basket myself. Native teachers are hopelessly poor and Mrs. 

 Hansen deserves great credit for the way in which she has 

 excelled in this difficult art. She has evolved a very pretty fan 

 at Mr. Bland's suggestion in the " Anyam Gila " which is sold 

 for the ridiculous sum of 75 cents at the gaol (PL 3). She has 

 introduced many new designs for ornamenting the fans but 

 the small and constantly changing number of prisoners renders 

 the supply very limited and uncertain. 



Explanation of Plates. 



Plate 1. Specimens illustrating the commencement of the 

 " Anyam Gila " plait. (See text.) 



Plate 2. Malay basket maker. 



Plate 3. Specimens of Malacca baskets. In left hand lower 

 corner is shown a " Susun," or set of 5 baskets ; next 

 to this is a basket made in Sarawak with coloured 

 strands in it ; next on the right is a tengkat," or a 

 basket in tiers ; next to this is a fancy-shaped basket 

 called " tudong gelok ; " and on the extreme right is 

 a large coarsely woven basket used by Europeans for 

 holding clothes. In the top left hand corner is shown 

 •part of a fan made by the prisoners in Singapore 

 Gaol. Next to this is a representation in " Anyam 

 Gila " of a pineapple. The other baskets depicted 

 show the various shapes that are made. 



Plate 4. The instruments used by basket makers a. parang, b. 

 pisau, c. jangka, d. pulurut, e. penysep- (a to b. x i 

 c to e x i). 



Plate 5. Diagrams illustrating development of shapes from 

 the hexagonal basket, and ornamentation, 



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