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rubber of the Pcninsula. Less enterpris- 

 ing than the Chincsc, thcy arc usually day- 

 laborers. Accompanicd by their wives and 

 children they quickly settle down in any 

 hnme provided for them, and in a brief 

 spacc of time there is reproduccd in Ma- 

 laysia an exact miniature of an Indtan \\U 

 lage. On their first coming tlie tics of 

 kindretl and home are so strong upon thcm 

 that they have a sct purpose to rcturn as 

 soon as thcy have saved sonie money. Cut 

 usually a fe\v months in India persttades 

 thehl that no such wages and opportunities 

 for comfort are to be had in the congested 

 mothcr land as in thcir emigrant homc, and 

 a considerable proportion of thcm 6Iters 

 back to make thcir permanent home in the 

 new land. Mcanwliile thc Matay for the 

 most part cultivates his own rlce fields, 

 nshes along the shore of the sea or in the 

 rivers, and kecps himself carefully secluded 

 from all contact with any of thesc incom- 

 ing strangers. Wheilier in the end he will 

 be forced into greater activity to save him- 

 self from being wipcd out entirely renaains 

 to be seen. Thc old semi-savage life is 

 gone forevcr, For the new order the Alalay 



