BY
WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT
OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES
WITH A PREFACE
BY
CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, AND FORMERLY OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CIVIL SERVICE
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1900
All rights reserved
TO
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER
OF
ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE
AND FORMERLY
GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
THIS BOOK IS (BY PERMISSION)
DEDICATED
“The cry of hosts [we] humour
Ah! slowly, toward the light.”