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tet*nl, when applied to a Malayan house, is, #30) ,\ 

 few excepthn*, hyperbolical, anii b< c mies an apt 

 Blustffeti mi of tliL* e,wv Iran-ili'Hi (V >:u |he henltiuir to 

 the ridiculous J'i \»ppi -I up »o tottering niboni: p >-K 

 With a flo-ir e^fpp O B qtl of pffaoog laths, tied by split rat- 

 tans, unci sufficiently w ideh laid to admit of a kris or 

 spear being thrust up into the sleeping compartments* 

 — with walls of inaLuork or palm leaves, and niboog 

 laths, iu uhirfi a la riff 1 aperture IBaHj iu a t&to minnd 

 be cut with a pocket knife, and furnished with a door 

 of similar inVeriais, fastened inside by a latch, which 

 can be easily lifted through the aperture alluded to, 

 — 'he domicile of a thriuny- \bu\i\ presents ihe utosl 

 i 1 1 % il 1 1 iii aspect to the robber. Nor, when the laf. 

 ter has got into the house, is it difficult to find out 

 where the ornaments and cash are deposited. Jle 

 fa pretty certain of securing the whole b\ earthing ofl 

 all the pillows and wicker-baskets unlnn reach; for to 

 the protection of such frail depositories do the Malays 

 often trust sums or property of the value of from otic 

 hundred up to tive hundred dollars, or more ! 



Gild and silver ornaments are rareU recovered. 

 They are pawned at gambling ami opium shops, or 

 melted dov*n. The creed of Mahomed is not a par- 

 si in mi ins OAs, ; bat it is necessarily, from its inhibi. 

 tion pf m\xvy y in many situations, an accmmilat mg 

 one to the professors of it who are not engaged in 

 ii- el:-. Our agricultural uioslems have not asytt 

 gained a sulTirieut acquaintance with the world to 

 know how to employ their savings to their own ad- 

 vantage, or to tint of the community. A good deal 

 of capital, therefore, runs the chance of befog lost or 

 dissipated either in the maimer above described, or 

 by being buried under ground* The benefits of the 

 Savings Bank are not appreciated by them, although 

 there is do nwessity for their accepting interest 

 on deposits, 



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