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MALAY SKETCHES

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THE REAL MALAY

He was the mildest manner' d man
That ever scuttled ship or cut a
throat
BYRON, Don Juan

begin to understand the Malay you must live
TO in his his
country, speak language, respect
be interested in his
his faith, interests, humour his
with and him in
prejudices, sympathise help trouble,
and share his pleasures and possibly his risks. Only
thus can you hope to win his confidence. Only
through that confidence can you hope to under-
stand the inner man, and this knowledge can there-

fore only come to those who have the opportunity
and use it.
So far the means of studying Malays in their own
country (where alone they are seen in their true