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Malaystn. 



has minglcd icelings. Hc likes thc whitc 

 man and trusts him. He is not unaware 

 of the grcat improvcment in his own cstate 

 and of all thc dcvelopmcnt tiiat has come 

 to his land. But he dislikcs tlic intruding 

 Asiatics through whose Iabors these devel- 

 opmcnts have becn madc possiblc. If by 

 any means hc can be incluced or forced to 

 undertake labor himsdl, it would greatly 

 rejoice his English friends, and his own 

 fate ultimately would be less in question, 



The commingling 0 f these various races, 

 the rapid development of a narrow sLretch 

 of land exceedinglv rich in its mineral and 

 agricultural resources, the changing of a 

 rough wilderness to a land of plenty, af- 

 fords a striking tribute to the governmental 

 energy and capacity of the British race. 



The islands of Siugapore and Penang 

 are two grcat emporiums of trade. Pe- 

 nang, with a population of about one huu- 

 dred thousand, stands over against Prov- 

 ince Wellesley, and here are gathercd for 

 export sugar. cocoanuts, areca-nuts, tapi- 

 oca. ctc, produccd nn t!ie main tend ; and 

 from hcre arc distributed things necessary 

 to the life and comfort of the Indian and 



