50 t STGAH. 



plantations. At present they may l>e considered as 

 tin* Mile sn^ar-niakers at (his settlement ; for the cane, 

 which, to a considerable additional iMint, is raised liy 

 Malayan Berth i s, is partly sold iii its nnv slate. and 

 partly converted into jai>iit rv, and also into a course 

 black sniiar, and svrup, which all find a Bpeedj sale 

 Amongst the population. There is no doubt, much 

 land is still available for Sugar plantations, and llie 

 capitalist will perhaps be enabled, by a perusal of the 

 details which follow, to form his own judgment 

 regarding the probable results of sugar-planting"; 



It is not known, nor is it a matter of consequence 

 that it should be so, at what period or from whence 

 the sn^ar-eaue was introduced amongst tin- Malays 

 of keddah ; it lias, however, been cultivated by them 

 from limes beyond the r< ach of tradition. 



i Ley class the cane into several varieties. 



1. The larjjc Cane or Tubboo, (the irt ucric term) 

 biltong tyang t$&d& bcraboo, which, a> this df situa- 

 tion implies, is eompara(i\ elv free Ironi the ash) pow- 

 der I'iund on several odic r kinds. The Malays cou- 

 ttller it to I*? l<^-s sweet than the itrbboo ctcm. 



2. Tubboo biiiong hi taboo, the powdery link 

 cane. 



3. Tubboo mcrah, a red cane, the juice of which 

 is considered more acidulous than the two foiegoing. 

 This appears to be analogous to the species found at 

 Tavov, on the Tcnasscriui Coast, when it was eaptur- 

 ed In the British. 



4. Ttibboo roian. The rattan cane, thin & hard. 



5. Tnbboo hookoo karbau. Buflalo-hoof cane, 

 a hard cane, with a chocolate-colored rind. 



ii. Ttibboo (turn, a black cane, esteemed by the 

 Malays ; will attain to tlie height of 12 feet. 



I he C hinese have selected the first -men tioi cd va- 

 riety, because they think, it yields the most jun* and 



