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Javanese and Kawi. Lqw Malay is no separate dialect at all, but a mere 
medium of iiitercotirse between natives and Europeans. 
Malay is probably spoken with greatest purity in the Rio-Lingga 
Archipelago, and among the Malay States in the S. W. of the Peninsula. 
Charm;f('i\—A general eharacter can hardly bo assigned to a pcaple 
so ^-idely distributed. That the Malays bcloiifi: to the Mongolian divi- 
sion of mankind, k well illustrated by the stroug rc:<emblance between 
some of the higher t^'pes oE each. The Mulay head varies from the 
lowest type of coarse MongoliaUj with a Negro tendency, tu the finest 
form wliicli the Tiiraniau skull can assume without cca,singto be Turanian, 
Kearly all Malays have thick coarse black hair, with weak and 
scanty beaid, when it is not, as :dtnost iu variably, phicked out by the 
roots. The inhabitants of the Peninsula are well-mannered and even 
courteous; but of an undemonstrative disposition, betraying a certain 
reserve, diffidence and even shyness, which has induced many to suppose 
that there must be some exaggeration in the current acconnt of the 
Malay's blood-thirsty nature. Coarse play is cfspecially repugnant to 
them, for they are extremely sensitive on all points of etiquette aud 
of encroachment on their personal freedom. Under generous treatment, 
they are gentle, docile and faithful; but although normally impassive 
and iiidolent, their passions are easily roused when wronged, and are 
liable to the frcnssy whifdi ends in that wild atrocity known by the name 
of rtuining amuck, from the word "amok,^' (attack). 
PRODUCTS. 
Vc(jHfihk\—Ol vegetable products, the Peninsula contains a host of 
trees, the timl>cr of which is adapted for house^and ship-building; canes 
and rattans, witli which the jungles abound; and the cocoa-nut, areca, 
sago and gomnti jjalms. The most imjjortant products of the jungles are 
camphor aud many varieties of gutta perelr^i {(jHa/t). The nutmeg, cin- 
namon and elove have been introduced, and, except for a leaf disease in 
the nutmi'g, thrive well, 
Tlie Cliinese have introduced the cultivation of indigo, gambler knd 
pepper, and the Europeans of sugar-cane, tea, tapioca and codec, Ptice 
and other kinds of grain grow well, but not iu quantities snfEcient for 
home consumption ; aud supplies are, therefore, imported from Java, 
Saigon, Si am, and Rangoon. 
Mf'uci'ui.—T'm in hy far the most importiuit of idl the mincrafs found 
ill the Peninsula, and all the more so because it is not fount! elsewhere 
iu tbe Archipelago. The whole country has been described as a vast 
magazine" of this rare metal ; and it is now admittedly the most extensive 
tin-country in the worltl. Tin is worked at present iu about twenty 
differeut localities ou both sides and throughout the length of the Penin- 
sula. The principal mines at this date are those of the Siamese 
provinces in the Korth-wesfc, Tntan, Sehlma, Lanit, Kinta, Kwfila 
