amount from the period "hru Froviime Wellesley 

 reedved ;m aeression to its* inhabitants of one-hall", at 

 the least, of the population of Reddah. 



The c 1 ^itiL* t>r the port of the lath r country in 

 former times used to put the good folks of I'enautj on 

 short allowance of rice, beef and poultry, so that Hie 

 si rnrin# of these supplies became one of the stipula- 

 tions in a treat y w ltd Sunn. 



The above IV >vmee supplies Penang yearly with 

 upward* of 1-20,000 poultry. Common poultry are 

 sold at from 8 to 10 Spanish dollars liie hundred ; 

 ggose at fr )m 10 to 50 pice or cents each ; ducks at 

 six fir a dollar ; a few turkeys and guinea-fowls 

 have been introduced. The sale of poultry alone, 

 by sending hack abatit 10,000 Sp. drs. yearly 

 amongst a frugal population, is in itself no small 

 stimulus to industry to increased production of foreign 

 articles. 



Goats are not greatly encouraged, owing to their 

 destructive propensities where there is cultivation, 



Sheep have not heen fairly tried. The climate is 

 perhaps too wet for them, yet they might possibly 

 thrive on those dry plains where the soil is sandy or 

 light 



Game abounds in the woods; but is rarelj brought 

 to the market, because there appears to be no great 

 demand for it. 



There is no scarcity of wild hog or the elk. There 

 are two species of ttte wild ox or bison. The birds 

 are: Snipe, which sportsmen, of course, have for them- 

 selves and friends ; teal, grey plover, curlews, winch 

 are seen on the mud-flats in very large mi rubers; 

 the red partridge, blue pheasant partridge, with red 

 h -»s and red plume on its head ; the common jungle- 

 fowl, from which the tame variety has l>een obtained; 

 the pagar, a splendid bird, having a bron nisli, crimson 



