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Can it be wondered then that even the easy-going 
Malay takes his orders to the Chinaman from whom he 
may be able to obtain what he wants out of hand, or who 
will promise to have his order complete within a few 
days and will not disappoint him? 
It is unfortunate that the Malay craftsman will not 
specialize and is not more commercially-minded, for 
he is certainly capable of turning out very beautiful 
work. His' silver work is most artistic and mellow 
both in shape and design, his carving pleasing, while 
the clothes, mats and embroidery made by the women 
often reach a high standard of excellence. Pottery, 
again the work of women, is often of beautiful shape, 
though made in the most primitive way, while the 
Malay creese-smith is far-famed for the damasked 
steel of the blades which he manufactures. 
Pottery. There are now very few stations in 
Malaya where pottery is made. In Perak 
there are a few villages on the river which gives 
its name to the State where quite good work is 
turned out, the potters of Sayong and Pulau Tiga 
and of a village near Lenggong, in Upper Perak, still 
carrying on a small trade, but the industry has, I 
believe, died out at Bukit Gantang, where pottery was 
made a few years ago. Malay pots are also made near 
Kuala Pilah in Negri Sembilan, around Kuala 
Tembeling in Pahang, at Kuala Kerai in Kelantan 
and in one part of Kedah. These are the only recorded, 
or known, localities' where pottery is manufactured. 
It is curious that though the Malays have been in 
contact with the Chinese and with various peoples of 
India for so many centuries, the potters' wheel has 
never gained a footing in the country. In Pahang the 
'earest substitute for it is a round, rattan winnowing- 
