[257] i.e. tin-bearing stratum and stone overlying the ore. [↑]
[258] i.e. his “connections.” [↑]
[259] Sel. Journ. vol. iv. No. 8, p. 139. [↑]
[260] “This my tank” is an allusion to the mine, the system on which mines are worked in the Malay States being that of the removal of the overburden, which, of course, forms immense pits, such as are here likened to an (empty) tank or reservoir. [↑]
[261] A plant, possibly Solanum aculeatissimum, Jacq., which has very thorny orange-coloured fruits. [↑]
[262] Sĕga is a species of rattan (Calamus viminalis or Calamus ornatus, Griff.); but probably the better reading here is sĕgar, which means a long black spike of the kabong-palm (Arenga saccharifera, L.) [↑]
[263] Presumably a corruption of Iskandar zu ’l-Karnain, i.e. Alexander the Great, who plays a considerable part in Malay legendary history. [↑]
[264] Vide App. [cxviii]., cxix. [↑]
[265] Oryza sativa, L. var. [↑]
[266] Batin is a title of certain Chiefs amongst the aboriginal tribes of the southern part of the Peninsula. It appears to have been in former days sometimes borne by Malays also. [↑]