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away. The pine-ap]>le plants, which grew iu 

 natural profusion^ pomed ^t^sive plantations, 

 azi4 T&my the pQ&tef tth^ tit Malays obr 

 tained a decent livclilmod by taking them in- 

 sampan loads, when ripe, for sale to Singa- 

 pore. The distant verdant islands also added 

 to the beauty of the landscape, and small 1>oats, 

 glMIng wi^ a gentle zephyr over glassy 

 surface of the water, or a thatched hs^t^im^ 

 nearly buried in a dense tropical vegetation, 

 gavL! an additional charm to the scene. 



Having collected a few fine ripe pines, we re- 

 our Klfle voyage to TN!b Panjong, or Long 



Blackan Mattee is situated; we refreshed our- 

 slvt's witli some pines, Imt our Malays, lobscrved^ 

 did not eat the pines until they had dipped them 

 yf&vltmfy hi salt-water, by ^hixsk l^ey con- 

 sidered ihehvatwm imB&!^ tBm^ ^olm&m^. 

 I did not relish following their example, nor 

 did I fetl any ill-effects, from what many have 

 called my imprudence. The pines we gathered 

 contained a quantity of small Isrown fiat seeds. 

 We landed on Pnlo Pmjmg^ m^i^ some 



neat Malay honses, near a sandy beiSUih. The 

 thatchi'd lionses, towi'riu<:>' cocoa-palms, plan- 

 tain trees, with riidf fdautations of sugar-canes, 

 yams, ikc.^ renunded me of many of the ishmds 

 foipmhig the Polynesian Arclxipelago i and this 



