The following is an account of a Malay execution in the words of an eye-witness:-The criminal is led to the place of execution, and squats cross-legged on the ground, chewing penang or smoking, as a rule, up till the very last moment.
"On the Equator"
Harry de Windt
It's not a very big fort, but it squats on the other side of Wecanicut, watching the bay, and real cannon stick out at loopholes in the wall.
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price
Near the door squats a figure without arms, who can scratch his head with his toes without altering his position, "What do you do for a living, Baba?"
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.