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source both of good and uf tvll. With 

 the rkhea of Cfjunnierce^ and tht 

 vh\ti\i it UrU^gRf thedriljised inani hav' 

 Sng nut III II g further lo desire for the 

 bod)'^ turns his attcntiim to auutb^r 

 aim j lie begliiS to cultivate \m itiCel- 

 Vig^hce, and eiiJar^cs the aphere of hii 

 kriuwledf^e, whWtt the ^iiavage in occu 

 pied in prot;uniig for lilmself piti- 

 ful noutliihiiieiit, And then by a ekitL as 

 cer(iim it is beautLfuI^ civilised man 

 1>egiiis to (ix Ills tliiMights upon paper^ 

 to convey Chcin to hl.H dOv'tcendanls ; by 

 thiii meufiii, if guided hy religioti, ho 

 bcqni^athd pg^tcrilj ctiaj^ter-piecei 

 of eloquence and of poetry from irhtch 

 each djy n^e firucure a pleasure botii 

 Biveet and pure. 



The prlDCJpal weapons of the Man' 

 Iras are llie apear, the parang (a kind 

 of tiTord) the hris (drtgger) and the 

 sKmpitaii, The last intitrument, called 

 tommug by the ^ava^esj \^ w hollow 

 tube five or stx feet loii£ made of tiro 

 bamboos, one inside of the other. The 

 outer batoboo is ornnmented by figufes 

 and {^eneruUy crdored dark at the 

 extreunty und irliite towards the 

 mouth piece. Into the bore of thefnn(&r 

 banibooj at the niouih piece, is placed 

 ail arro^r several laches lon^^ a itDali 

 piece of wad u then placed behind 4 

 and hy a Ktrougpulf of the breath the 

 arrow i< sent soiue fifty or sixty yards. 

 The points of these arrows are gene- 

 rallj poisoned by means of a juice 



