The BedaJis or Faddahs. 
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ter case, they place thorns and other bushes all around them 
to keep ofif v/ild beasts, or by their rustling to give warning 
of their approach. As soon as the least noise rouses his ap- 
prehension, tlie Bedah climbs up the tree with the utmost ex- 
pertness and celerity. 
The few of this race who are not altogether so wild, although 
they do not acknowledge the sovereignty of the king, yet they 
furnish him with ivory, honey, wax, and deer : and such of 
tliem as skirt the European territories barter these artic;les with 
the Cin^lese for the simple things which their mode of life re- 
quires. To prevent themselves from being surprised or made 
prisoners, wdiile carrying on this tralfic, the method they 
employ is curious. When they stand in need of cloth, 
iron, knives, or any other articles of smith’s work, they ap- 
proach by night some town or village, and deposit in a place 
where it is likely immediately to be discovered, a certain 
quantity of their goods, along with a talipot leaf expressive 
of what they want in return. On a following night they 
repair again to the same place, and generally find their ex- 
pected reward awaiting them. For although they are easily 
satisfied, and readily allow the advantage to the person with 
whom they deal, yet if their requests are treated with neg- 
lect, they will not fail to watch their opportunity of doing him 
a mischief. The Cinglese, as they can afterwards dispose of 
the articles afforded by the Bedahs, find the traffic profitable ; 
and in some parts frequently go into the woods carrying with 
them articles of barter. This trade, however, can only be carried 
on in the manner I have already described ; for no native of 
the Avoods can be more afraid of approaching a stranger than 
the Bedahs. A few, as I have already said, will venture even 
