OF THE MALAY PENINSULA.. I5J 
the king. In the centre of the vase, another of the same 
kind, containing water, was placed, and in the centre of this 
was a candlestick with a lighted candle. Near to this were 
two other but smaller vases, one filled with flattened grains 
of rice, having the form of small white flowers, the second 
containing incense. The king, sitting with his legs crossed, 
began by delivering some formulary which I did not 
understand, he then made several salutations towards the 
lighted candle, took incense and poured it upon the fire, 
threw some of the flattened pieces of rice into the water, 
took the candle and, turning the flame towards the ground, 
made several djops of wax fall into the water, and having 
moved the candle, as if he would form some written 
characters with it, lie placed it again upon the candlestick. 
All this ceremony was accompanied with the recitation of 
long formularies, some being delivered in a high voice, some 
in a low voice. The king spent about one hour in repeating 
three times over the whole of this ceremony, and finally he 
took the candle, and put its lighted end into the water, 
which ended the ceremony. Then his Majesty began again 
smoking opium until he smoked himself asleep. The next 
day I asked my Malay coolies the meaning of such super¬ 
stitious practices ; they answered, that this is a Malay 
physic, and that the king intended to cure his grand child 
who was dangerously sick, a few minutes further in the valley. 
They added that such remedies are much used by Malays 
against every kind of sickness. They appeared themselves 
to he convinced that the worst sickness cannot withstand 
it, if the ceremony is faithfully performed. It appears also 
that the way of bringing up cocks, by smoking opium, is 
much used by those of the Malays who are fond of cock- 
fighting. 
The inhabitants of Joliole appear the most savage Malays 
I have ever seen, many of them possess a very bad appear¬ 
ance, and I think the place is not secure for Europeans; 
however the people of the place are very timorous, and the 
slightest circumstance frightens them. Our arrival caused 
a great agitation in all the country, and a few hours after 
a report had already spread abroad, that thirty armed Eu¬ 
ropeans had arrived in order to take the place. The evening 
of our arrival and the next day all the state was in motion, 
and several hundred persons came in order to ascertain for 
themselves the truth of the report. 
We left Johole on the thirteenth. After having walked 
through paddy fields for about an hour and a half, we 
