INHABITING THE MALAYAN PENINSULA. 103 



ascertain ed by travellers that conn tries in- 

 habited by Mofuimmedans are those where 

 exists ihe profoondestijjnorance. And every 

 one is awan^ of the historical fad oi the 

 destruction (»f the famous Library of 

 Alexandria, under the pretext that the Ko- 

 ran was the only book necessary, all oHiers 

 being useless; hence was destroyed this sa- 

 cred sanctuary oi doctrine, and extinguishiid 

 one of tlie bn'gtitest scientific luminaries 

 which has ever enligittened any part of 

 the world. 



SYMI»ATHY AND COSFIDKHCE TOWARDS EUROPEANS, 



If theJakuns liate the Malays, and fear 

 them, it is certainly not an efl'ect of ego- 

 tisin and of a natural timidih , lor tliey 

 do not so towards other nations : they dis- 

 like not the Chinese, and they have a re- 

 markaiile sympatliy for Enropeans, and 

 place unliniiled trust in them even aflei- a 

 sinjjie intfn vicw. Tlie reason is that gene- 



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