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A series of observational sketches and short narratives evokes daily life, landscape, and belief among Malay communities, blending character portraits, local anecdotes, and folkloric episodes. The pieces range from descriptions of nature and encounters with wildlife to accounts of social customs, ceremonies, pastimes, and unusual phenomena such as fits of fury and trance-like states. Interwoven are reflections on hospitality, superstition, and changing ways as outside influences encroach, alongside personal incidents and vivid storytelling that illustrate manners, speech, and moral expectations without adhering to a single plot or protagonist.

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Title: Malay sketches

Author: Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham

Release date: May 9, 2025 [eBook #76055]

Language: English

Original publication: London: John Lane, 1903

Credits: Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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