ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. oll 
of peeled wood for the sides,—the proper 
woodisk yu sungket* because it has flat even 
twigs and leaves which lhe flat and symmeti- 
cally—these must be bound together with 
a creeper; rattan may not be used; it 
is hung to the tulang bumbong just under 
the attaps of the smelting shed: it is used 
; as an altar, the offerings made by the miners 
to the spirits being placed on it. 
Ayer atas.—The system of using water-power to throw down 
the earth into the sluicing races. 
Ayer minggang.—Where water-power is not available at the 
top, but can only be brought half way up, 
bark shoots being used. 
Ayer kuak.—The system of throwing down the earth into 
the head-race by manual labour. 
Bébas.—F ree of tax, thus the pawang and penghulu kélian 
each have one w ater-race bébas. 
Batang hari kélian.—The tail race of the mine into which 
all the races (parit) flow; all the tin sand 
which reaches the batang hari kélian is the 
property of the mine-owner. (See parit). 
Batu adang.—Great wall-like masses of rock, generally lime- 
stone, which stick up and may alter the 
level of the bottom by a precipitous drop 
of many feet. 
Batu ampar.—The bed-rock. (See tangloh). 
Batu kachau.—Small stones placed in a parit on the right 
and left alternately so as to create a ripple. 
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ZS = Seperts sungket be-rendam “like a soaked sung kea stick. 
When the sungkei stick has been soaked for a long time, say three 
months, the peel comes clean away; proverbial expression used of 
a person “ cleaned out.” 
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