. British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya; with a specially compiled map, numerous illustrations reproduced from photographs and a frontispiece in photogravure. probably, contributed something towards the earlydiscovery of the art of writing. The want of them, onthe contrary, is known to have proved a great obstacle tothe progress of letters, and, probably, was to their inven-tion in temperate regions. The absence of a goodmaterial in ancient Europe hindered the invention ofprinting, and its presence in China, no doubt, contributedlargely to its ear
. British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya; with a specially compiled map, numerous illustrations reproduced from photographs and a frontispiece in photogravure. probably, contributed something towards the earlydiscovery of the art of writing. The want of them, onthe contrary, is known to have proved a great obstacle tothe progress of letters, and, probably, was to their inven-tion in temperate regions. The absence of a goodmaterial in ancient Europe hindered the invention ofprinting, and its presence in China, no doubt, contributedlargely to its early discovery in that country. The Indian islanders write on palm leaves, whichhave received no other preparation than that of beingdried, and cut in slips—on the inner bark of trees, a littlepolished only, by rubbing—on slips of the bamboo cane,simply freed from its epidermis, and on stone, metal, andfinally on paper. The palm leaf employed is that of the lontar, or boras-sus flabelliforntis. The Malay word is most likely a cor-ruption of two words: ton, a leaf in Javanese, and tal, theproper name of this palm in Sanskrit. This seems cor-roborated by the Javanese name, which is written « ?? ?^ i = ? H •^ 2 •1 i 2 - ^ -J ? .- a o w .. - ?- ii ^ 5 ~ a u. a ^ O > a ?<:? a n = :-^ as ? Y- r. ~ ?^ ?- {l ^ — o -; . as r ~ M ;• — _ ^ < •-? ?•? < ? S _• = X ., a — X r - o ^ / ?; s; ;^ ;:: a i: ?< ^^ „ y. 5^ x: o Z D - i« r. ^^ Z y. :: x. iJ Iz r ?/-. x a <a a :^ < u. X X D „ X ^ O ?? P a « ^ X • iir ~ H i: < 2o - < ^X a a 3 S H __ a a < p f- ~ X 2 ^ i Ji z = X -^ 8 i ^ -J - THE MALAY 165 IVom the use of this word it mi^ht, at first si^ht, beiinii^incd th;it the practice of writing on pahn leaves wasderived from the Hindus. But it happens that this word,with many others wholly or partly Sanskrit, belongs to theceremonial and factitious dialect of the Javanese language,a genuine native name, kropyak, existing for it, i
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