Thread, ropes,Neither cflax noEidiempr is ’Cultivated /foricthb. .puyposes>i of, (itjaRuf^cture.
The-, latter, /is - sometimes ? fbundjin&the garden's. ^ ^eiPatives .of .Continental
India, pajllctllafily 'at- Batavia, who employ -it orally to pifci-tje * intoxication ;
but the island, affords variousprod uctions, the fibrous bark of. which, is made
into (thread» ropes, ‘and. other, similar; articles. These are, with ongjorffewo
exceptions,/Meyer > cultivated, and when required for .-use* may .he ,co,lle,c.ted
in [sufficient ;quantity on^p'hta-twhere-.they-are;of spontaneous growth. A
par.ticularr account qf^hesejjas already bpen -given-, in. the (first chapter,) when
describing the vegetable .productions, of -the island. , '
at ^puejjahleiirope or 'qord .which.isrofhenjexpOsed .to .water q^-mqistuiigj, as
.fishl^Mets,x.qa.bles-,. and .thedike* to.trAe^istf{its infltfencep-the -sapjpmiding
frqmkvaiioasjtrge^Is>cmploye;d. ^
Metaiiurg^.-; manufactures ;-are cal&nlat.e4~toIshqw niore. clearlypth,e; exteni to which
the arts .pfj l|fefare carried in a country, than- those /wu-wh ir-hjthfa metal ^ are
used.. rWithpufefhe knowledge pfHhqn;1 ,©ur .dominion xpver .natju^e >wojild-hP
very; limited, ; a s .may .be^seen-in1 Jhe. case ;of jthe f4 pieripans-akjfe*e;dj§phS.e^
of< the western .hemisphere*' The .manufacture wnebuse 'pfhiron LabdjMgpl
has been known over the Eastern : Islands, >, as well .as, in theg^^estern
world, frpm timepmmemorial. -, The various <irondmplementshusbandry,
theocommon implements and. tools, the instrumentsfand .military weapons
now.- in -use among the, natives?of- these regions, tane^fahncated.rhy^th^m-
selyes. >,.The importance and difficulty' of thej a,rWmaw rbe igatbergd^from
the/distinction iwhiph-the knowledge and practice of, itrcpnferrpd.1^ .
The profession of a smith is still;cCntideged.honorable among^the- Javans,
and .an p h e ,^ ^ * , parts of,, their, history,, .such artisans held, a jfcjcdi r a n k ,
and werexlargely endowed with lands.. rTh^first - mention .ma#e;r©^gjthem
|ifidutiPf;itlfe reign;iofrt-the ch ie f^^ jP i^ 'aj^^ i, j in t be- (f
Qn the define. of that - empire «they;' went over, .£o the.-; nurpher .Ofifeighjt
hundred famines,'to Mqjapdh.it, where thpy were -kindly)(~received, and a
record, is- preserved of--the ;names of the ..-head .mhste^smiths.s!:ph^thp
destruction.'of .that, empire in -the f fifteenth- century,,, they^were-^ispersed,
and-^settled in different-districts of.the inland, .where their descendants are
still discoverable. • They are distinguished by :the term Pdndi. i -.
Iron is .'cast an- small quantities] of a few .ounces, and .used ;occasipnaIlyj^for
the.-.ppipt of?iho,ploughshare. • The metal is- rendered fiuid in jtbput. half
an hour: charcoal is invariably used, and the operation is termed sing!j$t£;
chitak.
The
I The.bellpWsjl' -which ds/peeuliar, uand^beHeved to. have freqn in. Use at the {
lame o fp ^q jd fa n anddMijffidhifcand;-of-jwbieb-a-representation.sculptured
in fefoone 'was1 foundun the recently^disoGveredcruihs afe SuM (which bear date
inn-the. fo^rtpepthf ie^y * tfrfeh e Javan appears t o i ^ tfe^same as
that def&etb.by ■DampierM hisiaceQb»t,c^Majinddnao and the neigh-
-bowfing islands.-/ h^Th'eif.Aellpw^3f5i; say^ this-. faithful, and intelligent
traveller,Id'jtare mateMffergrit feom-0ufs.%mThey,haTe made, off,a wooden
^cyjffi'lhr, >€reidrMnkS^!t^5^bn^h^^t''lon'gy'tb'orp,d;£ho]loW'like
aVa pumpiandLsp^pWghh.'on-fhh^gllQ^^ 9n^'Wbiph raacle■
^uNharAhLei|cpv.er-enditpre&is 'av.smail/hole-frn, tim^Me.s©f^th,©,trpnk next BW IBM Sij M H 3 bP
.nf.fine feathers fastened tprpne,:end^ofethe stK^g^bjd} closing <
yj,up-thetipsii%qf^1^ ;P 3dindei;., Mv<e^W#ir3ou.t «PfA4h,e i£f^h'4?.r
kj^hPS^5h)d Two of these; trupka^^ylhider^arerpl^eed, so jnighrtQgether»
«.(j.that a'plan Stah'd^ibh%sen theca, may work, -a^ter"
1 H H with each baud.” i | 3 R & 3 |exactlyficorrp|Ponds with
the JavamhfeUows, ;th’at*no- further- -degcrtptioji^
i S s - a i e - partially ^ i 5d .^ The. wages of ■’’a man ^skillpd ^ ln,, mon-work are
somefeimesnas'/hi'gh as.ru rupee'a,day.; ‘ , -i ' ir; 1 " ’ ho* ' ' ‘^1
^ m S y o f e desejapjon-is made by, the -The most important
'manufacture.of dbis kind ,is # ie# * 7>, - .or dagger,r ofnth,e ^ e g p l^ o rm well
known; tohbe .worn ’byv all-,the more-^ciyilized-inhabitants of. the Eastern
yiswift *: f.-.r: t ' u - r -./VJ/vf:: ' - : - ■ . '■ ■' ■ J
j^jhefpricf^fiadtrfs blade’], mtewly mapu&etured, from half a.ruppet^
ififfe/doliarkfiipt;)the ;same JcriSf if it^is^-pf,.good character,.and-,if its.
descent',cambe-Atraced for three .pr/our, generations, jsTreq u p n tly ^ ed at
l^ n times that sum. A pdndi employ,.eddo mapufapture^.gpp.d/to.blade,
ifsthe^materials arerfurnfehedi is paid tjhrjee. doUars for; the job., |
, - -The.manufac.ture ofrsbeaths orjjseabbards (sdr°^'):£or.# ,e kr^fonstitute
an^exdusive,professions and.the manufac.tuEe^ajg calledj4*a^ merdng’gi,
W l W f e aPaesp.men.attend at the,public marked, where they opeppy
aparticular quarter,-in which may be,s^Atpepple .employed in the finishing
or' repair, of eyqry part of the mounting* .necessary for thistinstrument j some
upondhe/ handle, others upanj ibe ^sheath ; nsome in applying.the ^paint and
lacquer, .-.others, attending-with La! preparation pf/acids, and; arseriip-fqr, clean-.
irig.the blade, and bringing out ;the.-appearance pf (the. pqmsg} a white metal
obtained
* See Ptate^ f-.'Dampier’s,yoyage, yo.1, ii