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rotten by use and dirt; and they arc obli- 

 ged to tlirow them away. If some vermin 

 are found, which is otten the case, pi'in- 

 cipally upon the women who are more 

 dressed, tliey are immediatly eaten witli de- 

 iiglit as in Cochin-China. If many of them 

 are badly dressed, and some nearly naked, 

 it is more from a want of clothes than in 

 accordance to their own wishes, chiefly 

 amongst women ; for all desire to be clo- 

 thed, and the most agreeable presents 

 which can be offered lo them are some 

 trowsers, sarongs, hajus, or some hand- 

 kerchiefs lo put round their head, as is the 

 Malay f^isltion. Those of tJiem who go ha- 

 bitually nearly naked, do not appear so be- 

 fore strangers, excepting when they liave 

 no clothes. The lakuns of Johore, wlio are 

 superior to the others in many respects, as 

 can he inferred from what lias been said, 

 are also the best dressed; tlieir women are 

 unich ihesame as Maiav wometi nstodress, 



