THE (iS* ^ SIT-LAM.) 



When the Chinese remain abroad for several generations, 

 without returning to iheir native laud, tliey frequcrstly cut 

 theroaelves off from the iDBtruction of ihc eages ■ in language, 

 foodj and drese they imitate the natives, and studying foreign 

 books, they do not scruple to become Javanese, when ihey 

 call themselves Islam S it-lam). They then refuse 



to cat pork, and adopt altogether native customs. Having 

 multiplied, in the course of time, the Dutch have given them 

 into the hands of a Captain, who superintends this class. 



THE MALAYS ^ ^ BOO-LAE-YEw ) 



Thia race is exceedingly numerous, bc tittered about iti 

 every place ; Malacca ^ Ma-la t-kak), Uuedah 



Kit-lal), Padang ^ Pa-iang), Beucoolen (§| ^ 

 ^ Ba.ng-ko6-l^)j Benjartnasin ^ Ma-iin), Bima 

 J^U-ma)/Timor(^U}7j;Ti-i>un). and Pasir (ffi ^ Pa- 

 nt) on Borneo, are all peopled by them. TJieir dispositions 

 are crafty and treaclicrouB ; ihey are very much addicted to 

 piracy, and they keep their nesta in the Carimouts |^ 

 P5 Kit-le-bun), Lingin (f^ ^ Lung-gay), <fcc. being such 

 as we call in our country boat-robbers. Their appearance 

 or disappearance is uneertain ; the Canton and Foklen people 

 are much digturbed by them. Their language is employed 

 by the Dutch, ae a medium of intercourse with the Chioeae 

 and Datives, as the mandarin dialect is in China. 



THS BUGiS tt^^ B0O-GIT-SE-) 



These reside in M&cassa/ j^fl ^ Bang-ka-acak), but 

 their principal city is in the interior of Celebes ; their chief 18 

 called Rajah 3§ lia-j^i), a title similar to the Javanese 

 Susuhunan, Their women are very h^indsome and clever, 

 readily comprehending matters ; but the dispoBitiong of the 

 men are boisterous and violent in the extreme; they care 

 no more about going to^Icath than about returning home. 



