Show malay sailors crews of malay fishing vessels in the indian ocean are thus described by a traveler some ot the malays have not bad features but others again are awful looking every one baa his areece or a sort ot chopper at his side and with bright red lips and black teeth caused by the betel nut looks anything but in alting or the crew live principally on rice and the fish they catch they carry a lot of cocoanuts and cocoanut oil and apparently tor a luxury a sort ot sweet meat made ot a coarse treacle and rice axed together and firmly pressed into barn boos |