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MODES OF BARTER<br />

subject <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bargain. This was generally done very<br />

hurriedly, and when a pretence was made <strong>of</strong> doing it<br />

more carefully <strong>the</strong> beam was brought into a horizontal<br />

position, not by <strong>the</strong> counterpoise <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> weights,<br />

but by <strong>the</strong> finger <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>. This method <strong>of</strong><br />

weighing had, at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Logan's visit, become so<br />

general, that although <strong>the</strong> Jakun generally were<br />

aware that <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>s did not weigh fairly, and some<br />

had even acquired so much knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> balance<br />

as to point out in what <strong>the</strong> fraud consisted, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong><br />

would laugh it <strong>of</strong>f, insist that it was all right, and<br />

ei<strong>the</strong>r deliver <strong>the</strong> article to one <strong>of</strong> his attendants, or<br />

toss it into his canoe. To show more definitely <strong>the</strong><br />

extent to which <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>s took advantage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

ignorance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jakun, Logan added <strong>the</strong> following<br />

lists <strong>of</strong> prices <strong>of</strong> various articles, as ascertained in<br />

several localities :—<br />

Trade on <strong>the</strong> Sembrong.<br />

Articles sold to <strong>the</strong> Jakun.

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