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the ifla'id, but natives of the various iHands from which the 
Dutch import Haves, and are either fuch as have themfeivee 
been manumized, or the defendants of thofe who formerly 
received manumiilion ; and they are all comprehended under 
the general name of Oranjlam , or Ijalam , Hgnifying Believers 
of the true Faith. The natives of every country, however, in 
other refpedts keep themfelves diftinft from the reft, and are 
not lefs ftrongly inaiked than the Haves by the vices or virtues 
of their refpcftive nations. Many of thefe employ themfelves 
in the cultivation of gardens, and in felling fruit and Bowers. 
The fcctele and areca, whi;h are here called Siri and Pinang, 
and chewed by both fexes and every rank in amazing quanti- 
ties, are all grown by thefe Indians : lime is alfo mixed with 
thefe roots here as it is in Savu, but it is lefs pernicious to the 
teeth, becaufe it is iirft flaked, and, befldes the lime, a fub- 
itance called gambit, which is brought from the continent of 
India; the better fort of women alio add cardamum, and many 
urb.ei aromatic?, to give the breath an agreeable fmell. Some 
of the Indians, however, are employed in hftiing, and as lighter- 
men, to carry goods from place to place by water; and feme 
are rich, and live with much of the fplendour of their country, 
which chiefly ccn fills in the number of their Haves. 
1 1 the a i cle of food thefe Ifalams are remarkably temper- 
ate; it conisfh chiefly of boiled rice, with a finall proportion 
of buffalo, £fft, or fowl, and fometimesof dried fifli,. and dried 
fhrinps, which are brought hither from China; every difh, 
however, is highly feafoned with Cayan pepper, and they have 
m ny kinds of paftry made of rice flower, and other things to 
which I am a ftranger; they eat alfo a great deal of fruit, par- 
ticularly plantanes. 
But notwithftanding their general temperance, their feafts are 
plentiful, and, according to their manner, magnificent. As 
they are Mahometans, wine and ftrong liquors prcfeftedly m eke 
no part of their entertainment, neither do they often indulge 
with them privately, contenting themfelves with their betele 
and opium. 
The principal folemnily among them is a wedding, upon 
which occafion both the families borrow as many ornaments of 
geld and filver as they can, to adorn the bride and bridegroom, 
fo that their drefies are very fhowy and magnificent. The 
feafts that are given upon thefe occasions among the rich, laft 
fometimes a fortnight, and fonietimes longer ; and curing this 
time, the mam, although married on the firft day, is by the 
women, ke{. t from his wife. 
The language that it fpoken among all thefe people, frem 
what p’ace fower they originally came, is the Malay; at lead 
it is a language fo called, and probablyitisavery corrupt dialed 
of that fpoken at Malacca. Every little i liana indeed has a 
language 
