are situate on rivers, xvh'mh gcneralJj 

 give tlieir ni^nie?^ la ilie coutitrj ; m 

 on ddrglittiil plaliid, surrounded iritti 

 liiph Mtiimtaiils : }et It would be 

 fXtieiiicly ea^y, whfi a Utile eiif^rgy 

 und facrdfvill un their parr, to cultivate 

 OH Hille, Nutmeg tri*es, Clove* and 

 Pe[»|>er} In the plaln^^, Su^ar Caiie; 

 in mar^by places* rice, by 'draining 

 out the places vpliLcb require it and 

 canying tbe Buperabiindafice of wa- 

 ter t(i other parts where ft k tqii 

 licarne, I buve seen only in t^o or 

 three places works of some extent un- 

 dertaken with t]m vie^v. 



The MalaVf laiy by nature iind 

 incliiiatbri, will alivaya prefer a life 

 of priviitlfins to a comfortable one, 

 when it is iieressary fur him to 

 purchase comi^irt by continuut and 

 regulated Jahour; he has not even 

 the good Hense to people hh vast forests 

 by attracting the Chiin^se, who yearly 

 emigrate from their country, by pro- 

 tecting and inducing them to ettfahUtih 

 tbeniBelves in the land by piving thera 

 large tracts of the rich tioiij of which 

 he Tiiakea no uaehlinadf. If Borne 

 Chinese, through a desire to obtain 

 gnld, are bold enongh to penetrate 

 into the Interior of the Penin^ul^ to 

 open a mine, the Malay will albw them 

 to act and work the eoU mr*ie on their 

 pajing^ him certaiu taxea ; then, when 

 the Chinese try to leave the phee, 



