ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. 315 
Kédan tangan.—A small flat piece of wood about 5” x 3” 
and half an inch thick, used to scrape the 
the drift out of holes in rocks and into the 
dulang. 
Kait.—An application of the old fashioned balance pole for 
lifting water or drift from an excavation. 
Kait ayer—The pole used for lifting water only, in this 
there is only one movement, a straight lift. 
Kait raga.—Vhe description applied to lifting drift only, in 
this there are two movements, the first 
whereby the basket is lifted straight up 
from the hole and the second whereby it 1s 
carried round a part of the circumference 
of a circle and deposited at some distance. 
Kapala nasi.—A stake of peeled wood ( kayu sungkei ) 
stuck in the ground, the top of this is split 
into four so as to support a platform similar 
to that of the geng-gulang. Offerings are 
made upon it. * 
Karang.—A term used by Chinese to express the principal 
tin-bearing drift ( ambil besar ). 
Karang gantang.—A term used by Chinese to express the 
upper and inferior beds of tin bearing drift 
( ambil gunong ). 
Karong.—A measure of tin sand. The measure of capacity 
whereby tin sand is reckoned in Kinta is as 
follows :— 
Custom BELOW I[PoH. 
2 chupak piah = 1 chupak ampat. 
2 chupak ampat = | penjuru. 
6 penjuru = 1 karong anam. 
* “Tt is quite a common thing in Java to encounter by the 
wayside near a village, or in a rice-field, or below the shade of a 
great, dark tree, a little platform with an offering of rice and pre- 
pared fruits to keep disease and blight at a distance and propitiate 
the spirits.” (A Naturalist’s Wanderings, Forszs, p. 103.) 
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