DRAFT CATTLE , fct\ 15 



Those exceeding thin height are paid fur at an ad- 

 vance on flie last menttobed rate of 20 dollars fori foot 

 iS inches. If above 8 feet 3 inches, then an addition 

 of 40 dollars for cadi I foot G inches is charged. Ele- 

 plmnts 10 feel 0 inches in height are taken by the Sia- 

 rnrse t > Ihc capital, and i! is not permitted to stJl them. 

 The Kcddah chiefs used formerly to breed elephants, 

 a speculation rarely if ever attempted elsewhere. 

 There is, however, a difference in the measure of Malay- 

 an and Siamese elephants. The hista, or cubit, of the 

 first is nearly X foot 6 inches, that of the latter is three 

 fingers breadth, or about two inches more for every 

 hwta, Per<4fc elephants from 3 cubits up to 4 cubits 

 and a hah in height are sold at the rate of 35 dollars 

 for each cubit. Up to 5 cubits the price is uncertain, 

 above that hei«rhr a thousand dollars arc demanded 

 according to the disposition &oof the animal, so is 

 the price asked for those exercdiny this height. Co- 

 romandcl native traders were, until late years, constant- 

 ly in lh<- habit of loading vessels with elephants for 

 that coast. They run up the Pry river in Province 

 Wellesley , an< 1 1 1 a \ i 1 1 g ' c 1 i t d o n n one side of the yem ■ k nd 

 moored in deep water close to the bank, the Elephants 

 were enticed to an inclined slid" 1 which introduced 

 them to the hold before they could make any resistance. 



Bnt these last remarks ma\ appear a digression 

 from die original subject, wlu« h now leads to a consi- 

 deration of the various produce of the soil. 



A.GRICULTIIKAL PUODTJCE. 



Penang has heeu a spice island from the period 

 nearly of its first settlement. Pepper engrossed 1 lie 

 consideration of capitalists for many years and, until the 

 price fell so low- that the returns no more than repaid 

 the ouHay. But previous to this check anotlier source 

 of gain opened by the introduction to the island of 

 the nutmeg and clove tree. ,W 



