304 CULTIVATION OF RICE IN MALACCA. 



these ordinancea and prohibitions lies in the fact that they pro- 

 tect the rice and drive away all its enemies, such as grubs, rats, 

 bwine and the like. 



[*A Koyan, as a measure of weight, contains iO pikuls = 5333|^ lbs. 



Rather over 20 gallons (ijantuny) of lice (pudi) go to a, pikul. 



The term Koyan is also used as a measure of capacity, in which sense 

 It contain 800 gantangs. 



The term 9«/i^«/i^ has been rendered here by '-gallon" of which it is at 

 present the legal equivalent, but the native gantang had a standard varying 

 according ta locality. 



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