lift tfr the hidpouspesf
of I f eet f r >I «S3#f jed# j>Jpng v | q ^grgafe? fppmp . The
gong gong is one of their principal instruments. I t
§^a.fge> J^lfow .p^edbfe? jil ebfo|foniid m^tal,- feffejep^^ved?h*
sub&tapce;snd shape as? t© EetpS,ns^g,*VBi>y/4^'dd{Bi€^kJd whin struck,
The tom 4o?a, dram
stEumea^ ijjgjfs . formed Jgfdl b|tpda$esgib®j|ikl
wire,
variety^of instruments, which -are-' made^ ^lalliisi^s/feom ; thg
Hiosfenn\fjeldy. bulk to th e ; smallest, < an , effect hot^gjjplea^ing
i&rpro€taaedftfrom the- contrariety -of spu-nds.- | >
,-^ h e ;:'<Malays universally. pr<Q$essythe ■ Mahometan religipb, although,
a% stp some' inferior .points.
differ afflfongrffeemselvess. ;^hey •havei(terep|^s |f|fflR
cated tp their saints aqd* their dead; apd ah these- thgy;puhctitf?r
ally {attend with great ^devotion.
A f ski 11 in medicinal herbs is al most uniyer^l atnong^this flagg;
andr they;fhave a vurietp^Q# ^reseripti^s~for>ehrihe^^
their, applications £ This .knowledge; is owing ;{foftthpir ^ ju J ia r 1
fondness for gardening,,: and rearing sallRsOits of -plants,fodn
ployipent in which theyvare engagedv'fron^ftheipiffofoncy ; and: it
i s . from among them’ that- the European gentlemen are anxious
to procure their gardeners.
They are uncommonly ingenious in all sorfS^ofiieane^work,
and; in ratanning couches and chairs ; and are rifccoufrted capital
builders of: bungaloes, or houses o f: the hocoa-tree.
In other respect»;, such as the manner of eating !#heir victuals,
and their modes of salutation, they-very much resemble the natives
of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts- They are, how«
ever, sufficiently distinguished from them, and indeed from all
theeffherinatives* of Tndiajftby.the 'd lir^ ice of their institutions,;
and Jtfe%efculiar A^tfpc^tylofA'bheir dispo‘si|fons. rjv
- vTlie^ov-ernmeih,;^^«!^ whidh^the Malays live in their own
epunfedy, hin„is<ame.> .^agt#e>fi!esemhfo^^e ancient feudal .institu-?
tiobg|bf '.Europe; k iand*.war%|^(c©ps^perft%§ ’fehethusiness'rofiidhe
' nation!:« The^majjWers .and - disposition jwhisfoj naturally proceed'
f|;©nm, these" > ins tilutionsTarej tfo,und ipnong,*them*.- They tfarea. alb
bptfh .warlike; abfbprepaBed for '<thgurnnit «fesperatereniMriprizesi;»/
heart thej .cgnilnandsr of their «uperiorsiiwitfr, the' most *pro-
fouheforp%uenge, ■ ^ra;d> j^feld -iimpheitfiebedience^o thhir . mostferk
g®3?Musy orders/ But. the^fidsee’ntempe^arisihg from, these milhhi
tajpft ins^tdionsy-*wfriiahi»in «{Europe*- has been ,.softe&eckby the*.
Christiafeirehgipn'i has rather been, ^exasperatedthy the- religion
which the-v Malang,« Thayer , embraced», ^hiohev^of , vthat .romantic
spirit^ o^ghi.v^Egf^h which produced „ the i courtesy,, of civilized
societyTiamicktirhhe,«ferocityof perpetual■‘»bloodshed} .is to be
found ,amqng 4he .Malay -followers. m£, a. prophet} who., was as
.fie^egi^nd iwanh-ke, as themselves.^.{Accustomed to depend rupon»
%e^i?,v.cpjurag^,.i and avenge vtheir^own-; causey there is- more in-f
dependence*©^ .spirit, -.and more * appearance of . as, lofty intrepi«
dj.tyi;foun^ faano‘ng them-, * than among, any, other of ,the servile
tribesa|^f -%e east. Brave, ferocious} and s desperatetohbeidast:
degree,- omanyuoecasiohj-sthat, requires*,bloodnt© be,--shed.;,, cruel,
an^ f^yeugeful injjfthefo wraths • beyond. what*-,
almpstt-bp tbougbffe£cap%bfe ofevithey'. are -looked 'upon.iwith hor-
ror by, the.effeminate .and .timid Indians., .I, ha>w offeiinhadioefr
casiop.stp Qbporyb the8ftea^eiryim^t8..vimtf^|%i native fof l^ylctii,
who start affrighted on/|ecidentally meeting a, Malay soldier..:
The armSrt.Vfbi^.blie Malays,.carry, are .well .suited t o )their
savage and bloody disposition ;> and, as on-ir^eeivipg, apy,;r§al .or