CHAPTER XX.

THE MALAYAN RACE.

Physical Conformation of the Malays--Betel Chewing--Their Moral Character--Limited Intelligence of the Malays--Their Maritime Tastes--Piracy--Gambling--Cock-fighting--Running A-Muck!--Fishing--Malayan Superstitions--The Battas--Their Cannibalism--Eating a Man alive--The Begus--Aërial Huts-- Funeral Ceremonies--The Dyaks--Head-Hunting--The Sumpitan-- Large Houses 253