170 THE JOHORE SURVEY. 



habitants of Madagascar, are classified as Malay o- Caucasian, 

 or Indonesians; they are lighter in colour, taller, and 

 better looking than the Malayo-Papuan inhabitants of the 

 eastern Archipelago. Besides these, there are the Malays 

 of the Peninsula, or trae Malays, with which the members 

 of the Survey Staff had chiefly to deal. In the interior, in 

 the jungle, are tribes of jungle men, known in some places 

 as Jacoons, in Johore as Gran Outans, and as Sakis in 

 Pahang. These tribes wander from place to place, living 

 in trees, feeding upon roots and such game as they can 

 destroy with their blowpipes. These people, sometimes 

 known as N'egritos, flee upon the approach of civilized 

 man, though they can be approached through their de- 

 sire to trade. Coloured marbles and beads ai-e the 

 gifts most acceptable to these jungle people. The Jacoons 

 resemble in some respects the Veddahs of Ceylon ; they 

 suffer very severely from leprosy. Mr. H. Lake, the mining 

 engineer and explorer of the expedition, met with instances 

 of Negritos who had lost hands, feet, and features from this 

 disease. 



The products of Johore are gambler, pepper, tea, coffee, 

 various fruits and rice. Tin and gold, derived from wash- 

 ings, are w^orked for by the Chinese, who can make a living 

 where Europeans would starve. Mining enterprise in the 

 Peninsula is, however, for the present almost at a stand- 

 still, though it will doubtless be revived again. 



The flora of the Peninsula is varied, orchids and creepers 

 abounding. Only on one occasion, however, did the author 

 see orchids in bloom, and then they were at the top of a 

 lofty tree, which he had not time to fell. 



The fauna is, if possible, more varied than even the flora, 

 and covers every branch of the animal kingdom. 



The Survey Staff comprised the Chief Engineer, Mr. F. Gr. 



