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COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL 
religion; they wear a regular costume, they spin and 
weave cotton or other textile fabrics, and make use of a 
considerable variety of tools and weapons. 
In the foregoing pages we have glanced at the leading 
features of the Malay Archipelago as a whole. We must 
now pass on to a more detailed consideration of the 
various geographical divisions of which it is composed. 
