ppwier .df the European authority,1 that we; are i to look for the genuine character
of the. people ; neither, is it among those numerous chiefs and.petty
Chiefs attendant on the European authorities,, who by!^ontinualAssociation
have, in a great degree, assimilated with them: What we have said of the
Javans must therefore be considered, as more -particularly!- applicable to the
peasantry or cultivators, who compose threerfourths of the whole population,
and is to he received with some reserve in its application to the higher
classes.
Thus far J. have given a faithful representation of the people as they
appeared to me ; but it may be amusing to thq reader to read the Javan
ebanaeterj as transcribed from the impressions of the Butch. The fbllow-
ing is an official account* of this people given by a subject of that nation,
which has contributed so much Jo depress and degrade them.-
(f J£ the Javan is a person of rank, or in affluent circumstances, he will
“ be found superstitious,: proud, jealous, vindictive» ’ tnehn, and slavish
** towards his superiors, haughty and despotic towards his inferiors and
those unfortunate beings that are subject-tb his orders, lazyiapd slothful.
ff The lower class is indolent and insensible beyond.- conception, and
“ although certain persons, who presume to be perfectly acquainted with
the character of the Javan, maintain the contrary, still I am convinced
“ by daily experience, that the Javan in general is paost 'shockingly lazy,
ft and that nothing but fear of his superior, and apprehension ofbbeing
ff punished, or momentary distress or want, can compiel him tajabour. e l f
left Jo himself, he w il do no more than what is absolutely requisitëvito
*e furnish the necessaries of life, and as he needs but litttei- his labour is
0 proportionate :, yet -as soon as he has a sufficiency ffcr -'four days,;-pBi#®r
the next day only, nothing will put him in motion again but forcef or
« fear.
f* Cowardly, vindictive, treacherous, inclined to rob and to murder
1 rather than work, cunning in evil practices, and unaccountably stupid
‘^(supposed intentionally), ,if any good is required of-him. These are the
“ principal traits-of the Javan character.
“ 'tyiG. Malâyu, speaking of him as an inhabitant of this island, because
“ I am unacquainted with the character of those living at a distance, is
**■ possessed of a little more: courage and activity, fond of small trade and
“ travelling, and but -seldom a robber like the Javan, whom in other
. “ respects
. * See Report on the Districts of Japâra, by the Resident Domick, in the year 18.12.
respects he. very much resembles-, A ilfa/%%l<who is a little cunning,-
n : will, as soon as an opportunity offers, commit a fraud, especially when
« be has bad some loss which be wishes to retrieve.^®!
Others of the colopists, and some particularly who are likely to have
greater, influence!with the restored; government, entertained more correct,
because m.ore..’favourable opinions o f the Javans, coinciding nearly with
those, which I have stated as my own.
( «The, following, extracts are intended to convey -some notion of Javan
ethics. TheifirsfeJs' fom a popular work, palled Raya Kapa-kafia J*
J i is incumbent upon pvery rokn of condition to be wellversed in "the
i‘ ^history of .former tithes, and to have read all’the chirka.a(ynitte>n cotn-
e positions), df. the country;. first, the different Rama, th© B’mtaffudha,'
Arjüna wijdya, Jitma suchi; secondly, the different accounts of Pairtfi;
“ tthifdly,^the Jégül'rnkfLa, Pyaidmbgng, and Jdya langkdvm\\ also to.knów-
¥ Aéif dMfeefflt tunes,, as well as the. mode of-StrikiagJhe gamelan; he müst1
% know how to count theI years, montlis, and. days, and comprehend the
tySangMla, understand the Kami language, and also must be clever in all
j>d‘t ’Miuftglging Painting ; <i '5
«■ UUr vJtir Chrvingin wood ; .
^fPdndi^— -----Iron-wprk^gjgi
• ■iff JlvgpmMr).g,...— instrumentmakrng;
making).
$jip, .N^ga/pus Qompositions. (literary); -
; Sewing with the needle ;
working.;
, Jewellery.; ,i
In gilding and the application
óf [quicksilver. -^ ;
- APyâra^mfàretna d
Any âdur-r
» And T»> must also-he skilled in horsemanship, and in -the management-of
« an ftiftphan*, and have courage .to destroy all bad men, and drive away
« all women of loose character.”
The Niti-fstistra. is a work of. the greatest colehrity on Java| thecorigi-
nal is in the Kdivi language, but there are many.versions Th® fejfewiUg
is translated .tropi a modern version in the. present language flf Jaya«
.: Braise
* See a further account of this work under the head Literature.