Notes On Perak : With a Sketch of Its Vegetable, Animal And Mineral Products
The book Notes On Perak : With a Sketch of Its Vegetable, Animal And Mineral Products was written by author London (England). Colonial And Indian Exhibition (1886) Here you can read free online of Notes On Perak : With a Sketch of Its Vegetable, Animal And Mineral Products book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Notes On Perak : With a Sketch of Its Vegetable, Animal And Mineral Products a good or bad book?
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They grow wild, and no attempt has ever, as far as is known, been made to cultivate them, though there seems to be no reason why they should not be planted and give good returns. The word rattan is a corruption of the Malay " Rotan," the generic name for several species of cane. Many other Malay words, which have been adopted into English, have been similarly corrupted, for instance, Manggis into Mangosteen, Getah into Gutta, Orang-Man into Orang-outang, A mok into Amuck, and so on. When it is ...remembered that final k's in Malay are silent, it will be seen how much this last word has suffered in English lips. Rotan Samambu {Calamus Scipionum), is known as the Malacca cane, and is exported in considerable quantity for the purpose of being made into walking sticks. It is used locally for the handles of the baskets used in tin-mines, and the frames of rattan chairs. Many other kinds of R6tan are used as walk- ing sticks, among others Rotan mS,noh and Rotan Dudok may be mentioned. For other purposes, such as baskets, mat and chair-making, house-building, and the thousand and one uses that the natives put this plant to, R6tan Sega, R.
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