ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. 319 
Pengayuh batang sendiri.—A spade made entirely of one 
piece of wood. 
Penimba or penimba chuak.—A vessel used for baling, it may 
be made of bark, the covering of the efilores- 
cence of the pinang tree (upth) or of any old 
tin box or vessel. 
Perasap.—Half a cocoa-nut shell, a cup, or any other vessel, 
in which votive o#erings of sweet smelling 
woods and gums are burnt. 
Pelantar.—The ladle with which the tin is put into the 
furnace. 
Raga.—A basket. 
Raga jurong.—A basket shaped like a spoon with a tip cut 
off; used to take the stones out of the 
race. It serves the purpose of a sieve, as it 
lets the sand through. 
Raga sidik—A basket of the same pattern cnly smaller. 
Raga tala.—A flat shallow basket used with the katt to lift 
dirt out of the mine. 
Raga rélau.—A smelting furnace. The Malay furnace is 
supplied with a blast produced from two up- 
right cylinders the pistons of which are 
worked by one man, the furnace is built 
like a truncated cone, on either side there 
is a-hole and supply hopper to feed the 
slag, the charcoal and ores being put in 
the top. The hoppers are called palong. 
Rélau semut.—The Chinese furnace, without a blast. 
Rélau tongkah.—The Hokienese furnace built on a stand, 
the foundation being three or four iron rice- 
pans (kuali). It is iron bound, and supplied 
with a blast ; it will burn soft wood charcoal. 
Sikul.—A cocoa-nut shell water vessel like the dagui. 
Suak.—The source of a head-race, e.g., suak gunong or suak 
| rédang. 
or tin-bearing stratum the pengayuh batang sendirt and no other 
may be used. 
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