Malaysia. 



Empire. Kc begins to bring with him his 

 wife and children, or to send for them as 

 soon as he finds means for their subsist- 

 ence. II e is a paiient, earnest, hard-work- 

 ing man, and ts providing the greatest of 

 assets for the building of an Empirc — will- 

 ing and intelligent hnman labor. 



The Tamils come froni South India aud 

 trom Ceylon, the working coolies from the 

 formcr, and the mau of coniparativc edu- 

 cation, seeking clcrkships and petty offices, 

 from the latter, Thesc are not as virilc as 

 the Chinese, nor as ambitious to strike out 

 for thcmselves in unaccustomed ways. But 

 they are a cheerful, patient people, and in 

 thcir own noisy way are a very great bless- 

 ing to the nndeveloped country in which 

 they are set to work at larger wages than 

 they could ever hope to carn in their own 

 congestcd land. 



There is very little intercourse amongst 

 these various peoplcs, but under the strong 

 bands of thc governmcuts under which thcy 

 Hve they peaccfuily Jind their way to 

 greater corr»fort and oftcn to armicnce, 

 than would bc possible for ihem in their 

 own lauds. And so undcr these fair, sunny 



