•fciomi than -fern a jealous; husbandl ;®he passions of the women
areieq«!iHyi>waltht witbdhose of the men, and they c are equally
capable of taking the most terrible revenge. If their European
paramour» nfStedhem the slightest neglect, or if he is suspected
of hading formed another attachment, th ey ]w i 11 n o t teesitofo ^
a^^ittagei rth^nsej^es^ either hy 5stehbmg him,: or The equally fatal
methodnef : administering poisoner a, practieel toi whicfocthpy aife
very-prone. t
H The habits, of the Malays ia their anfaneyeare .edculated to
render* Them hardy. - They :g©; naked till about twelve years -«If
sage; and are“ shortly after married. As they’ carbcof the <Maho.^
me tan the: higl^r easts marry as> many
can maintain; while their poverty restricts» th e lowset classes to
one wife»
- Their usual food consists of ifowhifislv riefei and:,vegetable»}
The better»: sort, also eat beef, and mutton 'when killedv b y ok#
o f their own raeek and prepared in^their owh maiiner. When
the; governor of any of our forts in -Ceylon is atodgke an - eii^
tertahunent to ; thci, qffipers -ofithfe.M^lOiy corps,‘->hearsOnds>^f&F
someJttj^theifc own» people to' kill <anckrd|'gs§ the beef and mufc-
ton intended for fable.„ -Th ey ^d h ^ e yfery strictip^td the>-Ma“
hometan prejudices against swine*. which iithgy : hold: .ia ? suph -abhorrence,
th a t. they totffll n o t ; so- much as : to ^ h ; th#ar ihesh. ’ r I
have- see® , servants of some of the . Malay easts/ievcia:. young
boys., refuse to carry away a. plate which had;r bhm or baeo
on it.
T h e ir, coinmon drink is: water, or 4li§; jufce^fr.dfie jpalinym;
although some -of thejn make .no scruple to drink anrack when
they can. procure it. All day long» they chew the betel or pe-*
nang,. and smoke bang. Frotmthis last herb a Species of opium
fs ‘prepared, which they chew" in »-quantities* as Furöpeané
usei’stroll^df inkspdo' exhilarate -■ thëi'r gjSMts. TéO-mUch of it/
however ^'entirely 1 deaden^ '1 their«1-Senses, ^and reduces them to a
Staté^M- coMjrleteAtkpfefaetlOrtJ. I have fi&h&éntly sökn These
péoplè, after'haV'ïfig^hfeVêdvtOfMa^'uttpOrtó'd^lbf this UOxious
dïüg.’djjhïig speöCMesS @11 the'>’||#oUnd with their^yëfc- fixed M a
-ghastly Staffed 'Yet, l^$di^t'hé»yfè'e6^ofi' habit, that'"they get
completely ” in fla te d f with •*fonduéss ^ r yffiis' » <fiHïgf któd' abso*
diÉuseiftehI&Mf tithe «IMklays ■ aréf-' sïfitéd' • to "f their dispost
tiöns,' arÉF’a'f# e fth ^ ’-b'öld^ y igM S k S f‘fè'röóious-Bó’th'ithe ‘men
and womens gjre >10 temperately fond of bathing, - and^óften l go
into The''j bath 'SeveM'dimCs1 in' ofije day. They hkve a gaine
which »^ efy ^ efely " r^ em b lh s^ r^ o o tb a lf’j'^'öMy fhfe hall thby
Ü8é -té1 toad# "(ÉN t wistèd-r afato' But The >' amusëtoetos óf Which
^tóëy^-ir# paMcw#ly fond are gaffiingWaïMJ C^Ét^Öghtife^. - Their
pa§siönjfoS/dMSfei ^ fre q u e n tly {«carried' tb ‘>Meh>Wc<fei,'has to- Be
attested- withrrtflte most • dreadful consequences. The -'pbÉrër
S<®ft ' inq p'afffêuM-*, /(Iffiè/' What -is dtfld~olMthe; aftteeUttiCetmans)'
aftfér’ having- beêh s trip t'o f ?evë^ tMng?lehbj-:will #lf'5'thèïn-
M^cs<i andi -'Iheir' < familfes-',:tot' proeurenthe!t:'mea<&s ^of> gratifying
theiy ipasSittni'-fe«‘'> pl'ay; - and after "having? l®Sk' >%h’e»'<%fetd>SÉk^
Jbhey ofte# “^fcrifiee themselves and their lucky- aÉtagbtóÉti #
: tBeir;,idiS^ai^b:'Si
: The> Malays? havé a s great varfetyndf musièala'ihsfruinfetsf wltièh
arë ^usually employedbin ï al band- ©t- 'conco^^aB Afeir reïigibits
cefeAoïfiek/ffflieir m^riag^iaandi feaststH ©u ^‘these';TléêaSlfens
that barbarous' and gretesque pomp, in whiöh Uncivilizéd ’nati-
ons so-mucÊéÖèlight'v is> displayed-in gteat-'prelksioh. A vast
kumber hfi flags p «streamers, hgkreS'b f fih©iisig c ^ ,- e f fh ^ i mid