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WiMi increases day by day among the 

 rolotMstflj the necEHsily of any eover- 

 iiif whatever. With the Maiitroa 

 iticre IB untiling fixed or detenniaed 

 by iiiia^e tu their costume, Ifiey 

 cover tliernftelveii m best^liey can^ and 

 thU I believe isihe only md necessary 

 rale* In their toreat*, iliemoti Hlivaya 

 fietir a cover iu^ round their wakts. 

 The children of bQih ages, antil five or 

 tnx yeai !4 of ag'e, g'l) ahiici^t quite na- 

 faed.^tlie Jitrle boyi up to seven or 

 eiffht years. The women, always wear 

 a sarong, a Mi* I a yaw earment, whtdi 

 ctivers the entire hody from belotv the 

 Itnee^ to above ibe brca&t. The Ijoliday 

 l^arb ii} tiie ruen, ih a baju or frot^k 

 dreggy and a coloured imirdkercliief 

 wrapped round the head— Tiie feinales 

 take cansiderabte care of Ibetr hair, 

 which they gnther up on the top 

 of I heir head like the Malays, end 

 plait \t in the shape of a cruivii ; all 

 arouud thb i^rttvn they pEiss pina of 

 g(i1d, or more often of brass ; on boll- 

 days, they plafte round thk crown 

 flowers and yi'U ng leaves of trees. 

 The parents pierwe large holes in the 

 *ara of the iittie ^ir!^ receive goid 

 hanging esrringiii— if they trannot 

 procure earrings they fill these holes 

 byf^trfp^ of Bauana leaf roUf'd up la a 

 fpiral .Mhape, or more often hy a piece 

 of wood CAV^td in a cylindrical form. 

 Another ornanieut of the womet) 

 the Malay Finding ^ a large plate of 



