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before mentioned, the Jakuns of the South Malayan Peninsula, 

 who, described as &quot; entirely inoffensive,&quot; personally brave 

 bat peaceful, and as under no control but that of popularly- 

 appointed heads who settle their disputes, are also described 

 as &quot; extremely proud :&quot; the so-called pride being exemplified 

 by the statement that their remarkably good qualities &quot;induced 

 several persons to make attempts to domesticate them, but 

 such essays have generally ended in the Jakuns disappearance 

 on the slightest coercion.&quot; 



With a strong sense of their own claims, these unwarlike 

 men display unusual respect for the claims of others. This is 

 shown in the first place by the rarity of personal collisions 

 among them. Hodgson says that the Bodo and the Dhimals 

 &quot; are void of all violence towards their own people or towards 

 their neighbours.&quot; Of the peaceful tribes of the Neilgherry 

 Hills, Colonel Ouchterlony writes : &quot; drunkenness and 

 violence are unknown amongst them.&quot; Campbell remarks of 

 the Lepchas, that &quot; they rarely quarrel among themselves.&quot; The 

 Jakuns, too, &quot; have very seldom quarrels among themselves ;&quot; 

 and such disputes as arise are settled by their popularly-chosen 

 heads &quot;without fighting or malice/ In like manner the 

 Arafuras &quot;live in peace and brotherly love with one another.&quot; 

 Further, in the accounts of these peoples we read nothing 

 about the lex talionis. In the absence of hostilities with adja 

 cent groups there does not exist within each group that 

 &quot;sacred duty of blood-revenge&quot; universally recognized in 

 military tribes and nations. Still more significantly, we 

 find evidence of the opposite doctrine and practice. Says 

 Campbell of the Lepchas &quot; they are singularly forgiving of 

 injuries . . . making mutual amends and concessions.&quot; 



Naturally, with respect for others individualities thus 

 shown, goes respect for their claims to property. Already in 

 the preliminary chapter I have quoted testimonies to the 

 great honesty of the Bodo and the Dhimals, the Lepchas, the 

 Santals, the Todas, and other peoples kindred in their form of 

 social life ; and here I may add further ones. Of the Lepchas, 



