512 ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. 
Batu menungyal.—N odules of limestone rock appearing 
- through the surface of the ground.* : 
Batu sawar. +—A line or row of rocks. 
Benting.—An embankment. 
Ber-kait.—The process of lifting water or ae by means of 
the katt. (See kait). 
Ber-panggul.—The state of a race which is fitted with the 
dams called panggut. 
Ber tunda —To drive the tin-bearing drift sand—after the 
stones have been thrown out—down the 
races ; it is done by pushing and lifting it 
down stream with a pengayuh memblah. 
(See ambil bi). 
Biji.—Tin sand. 
Bit anak.—Small bright crystals of cassiterite. 
Biji hangat or hangus.—Fine slag aud drops of metallic tin 
from the furnace. 
Bri ibu.—Masses of tin ore especially if mixed intimately 
with matrix. 
yi mati.—Black dull-looking ores. 
Byi tahi.—lLight ores, wolfram, tourmaline, &c. 
Buku.—A slab of tin. 
Chdpak.—A wooden plate for rice.t 
* Also called batu renong, because the miners meeting such an 
obstacle cannot remove it, but can only stop and stare at it (renong, 
to stare). 
ED. 
+ Batu sawar.—There is a legend about a hunting party in the 
forest. All the men were arranged i in a row beating the jungle for 
game when Sang Kalembei hailed them and they were turned 
into stone. 
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t The ordinary chapak in domestic use is smaller than the dulang, 
but in the mines the larger platter is called chapak and the smaller 
one dulang. 
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