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the obtaining of those supplies, which naturally arise 

 out of or fotlow that cultivation, are desirable objects. 

 Beyond tin,, MfaJajpn agriculture is deticient in me- 

 thod, too oflen slovenly, and always falls far short 

 of the fullest productive point. But the Malay is 

 not stubborn, although he is indolent and capricious. 

 Example and prospects of gain, may in time, as 

 they now partially do, stimuh.te his dormant faculties 

 to useful I'llnrts. 



Malayan husbandry differs considerably from that 

 practised by the ryots of India ; the former is n t 

 subject to the village system so prevalent in (he latter 

 re-ion. The British Sfat&yati ryot or Fautf holder, 

 after having paid his rent or quit-rent, is quite in im- 

 pendent, and his threshing-floor is never beset by 

 those needy dependants, who take custom from that, 

 of die more enduring Hindoo ; such a* barbers, 

 watchmen, ast mincers brahmins fackeers, ami wash- 

 ermen. He is a mussulman, but can rarely, if eur, 

 be charged with bigotry, fanaticism or intolerance. 

 That part of his creed which is based on natural 

 religion takes but little out of his purse, and thai 

 little he can, although the Hindoo may not, withhold 

 should his avarice master his devotion j while the su- 

 perstitious portion of it, from its being mixed up with 

 rites and games tending to amnse rather than to in- 

 struct, he enjoys too well to have any inducement to 

 evade a voluntary contribution tor its support, it 

 would be well for the orang (VJaJayu of trrts coast 

 were he to imitate the thrift mess, perseverance and 

 foresight of the Hindoo. If he finds it difficult to 

 get money, he finds it much more so to keep it when 

 obtained. His habits are all of a lavish or a thought- 

 less cast, and may fairly 1>C traced to the insecurity 

 caused 1m native despotism, before the Malayan 

 purer of Keddah became extinct, and to the creed 



