pfie !ehd (drawn throughvthbf Weenitheifyl4|f$, and fucked up -at
^(M’ddWèr parkpf-Thd^'back.: * I t 'lis fitted*-close tb-bt-hpir bodies,
and tlié- arms i£tré uèït eoïö’pletely barfe. ' Someb wé^r ^ ' kind *of
ygst pr jackpt<^ithoiit sleeyes; and ,jHpost ^pfb |he,. slayeS :vin the
sbryjÖd^bf Eurppeans^ iïistead of thbf'ppbè ©f! cloth, 'have breaches
af\' some ;,£darhebIstuff,bgiyen them ^by their 'masters,.{ '^.Qia®|of
the l^ alay y puffer* -'their beards tó ' grow, but[ pluck /.out the
hairs ’ais ^obh dtóthéy >appear, -it beM^-against’ their religibrhtQ:
allow' them to remain-. È2
j ■ The dress o f the poorer elapses.]of; the wpmenrebn^stsjjsimply
of a large piece of coarse calico!,tor pottqn.,($lbedlia'.,s#m^. ■ I t
tón folded and wound-.found-the bpdy'kboj5^!jfthe hQgqoji,, which
it partly - Covers; and reaches down to- the ankle Qt^tha-apiddl^
bf. the leg ; the upper1 end^pf ^ tme^d/pp*; and fas-*
tened immediately under their arm pits. Their hairid%fcwisted
up behind like that of the men, andt fasfette^ -with .,ahfil|©t,/'.or
condés, those large phis- or skewers whiph I haveoialpeady described.
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The women of a superior station dress with much .care and
splendor, and sometimes a good deal of tast^?. - They iweakthe
sarow I ' have just mentioned, but of a.finer stufiUand" folded
lower iJdown,. oir the waist., They have also a kind -^fu boddice
or close .waistcoat, withsleeves reachingubejo^i-the- waist; it
seerhs intended to ; cover the bosom, -which »afe thee same ,,time
it compresses, and , prevents . frpm ; having, its full and ’natural
appearance. Over i t they wear either a coloured silk, -fine
muslin, or calico garment of a wider shape and. longer, with a
girdle of The same finely. embroidered drawn three or-four times
loosely round the waist. Oyer the y h p le ;# thrown the badjoy}
or loose tobe, • nearly resembling that worn by the men. Some,
Instead of ihmtfadjow^ t i e the - sttldnda?ig; a f of- feilki bimuslin
• ajbobWfike?ffepfe^lbfig t:Hr o wA{«ldbstely 1 kfound 1 the > neck
and shedldersl? sd dd wniybPfOrsb, find bbl brought across
jthe Waist ^bajekwards. T heirj hairKuk? drefe$edlbwMll t h e condb
<pins; and* shinesbswitb 'cocbafenutholft^bffbthe.t^'rown and^dfeck
^ a rt o f <tfe.es f'headM. are Muck* tht&e&jhi1' fcirib toMqfekrSliell »po&bs
with -'platelifdft gold. lAtopfei thbift^nectesd kntk arms ,the^, wear
Chains-oft gbld1 fo|& filial'eb-;1 and IfirbCallf^^idhdfWitbkeaaprrngs;
3}hbseTp£-ithe ^higher, order* ate remarkal^feMbf titheti aekpenoei of
^heir1 ‘drdssr -* ’The '•Malay'^ fxiakei m6Mwbe*autiful filgarded work' in
gold to*'bb ^lsed'.ib.s.1, brna’identS'^feB“! their jpetsdns. ■?, 1 j$ *The ^ re a fe i number to f .Malays-(haVed remarkably?igigly-' ifaCesr*
£ and; tfeeit®1 f^tufes''StrQn^iy bin'dicate?: thei ti-eacherous^
and ievengeful’^ i^b sM o n s.' b5fet some have||^bmbiy< countenanr
ce^; and*i.malrijr ©f the Women nMy^feveh!'[be' considered 'ibeauti-
fuL,. e^eGiallylikuebf.'as' 'fererndbimuch* ekpo'slU tbdhe»Sun, and
liaye %©t-had MheSrAnosbs^rifeprfesSed.1 I t '-is*'? a'-SSormtoon practice
with th e mpthets Sfsoon; after 'A e biTtbrbktheirichiMrebyito break
b y cbmpression the : 'gfist-le^ ofidfhk 'upper Sp art MTheitenosesp as
the flat-raole'aknorig this^peciple is -looked^ilpon^as*bfisynib©!” of
beaiStyd.1" Thavdtseen ntatty Ver^dlahdsiiinl^i^bbifg ’’Malay! 'womenfcof
a bilgfet3 ypllbWobr gdldygbftkrr, and sbltfie^evbm approaching, t a
White s^lfY'bfej f IE bropeanS ‘Wil 1 do well ’to 1 avoid their J allurements;
f e y such 'connections are attended with 'milch 'danger, and often
end fetally. The menf&^e exfrfemely’ jealousy a n d 'p a rtic u la rly
pf th e decided preference which the women *give to- Europeans.
T h ey h ev e r pardon infidelitysfn a wife; and- although th ey ‘allow*
an Euilbpeanito have:f connection with •ohe'.'untn'arried wo-:
man, yet he runs little less risk from the object of this affecz2