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side of the divide would appear to indicate a race mixture. The 

 Dusun Tua men had a story that they liad been driven up into the 

 hills by Rawa and Mendiling Malays, by whom they had always been 

 ill treated, but to whose oppression the final touches were put owing 

 to the Sakais obtaining a magnificent pair of elephant tusks. The 

 greed of the Raw;a and Mendiling warriox-s being aroused on heai-ing 

 of this acquisition they tried to force the Sakai to give the tusks up. 

 The latter however replied that they intended to give them to the 

 Toh Klana of Sungei Ujong, whom they regarded as their chief. 

 The Rawa and Mendiling people thereupon declared that if they 

 were not given up tliey would make war both u]3on the Sakai and 

 the Toh Klana. In the fight which ensued the Sakais got much the 

 worst of it and I'an away to the hills, where they have remained ever 

 since. The stor}- obtained from the settlement near the Kenaboi 

 Mine was somewhat different. It was as follows : " Our people came 

 over from Pahang owing to trouble with the Malays. When we 

 arrived here thei-e were only a few Sakai in the country. These 

 were the true Orang Bukit (hill people). They had been very 

 much reduced in numbers by the Malays, who killed them and stole 

 their children to sell as slaves. With this i-emainder of the Orang 

 Bukit we intermarried. There are now only two or three people of 

 pure Orang Bukit blood left." One youth, 16 or 17 years of age, was 

 pointed out as having an Orang Bukit mother, but there were said 

 to be no full bloods in the village at the time. Orang Bukit is the term 

 generally applied by the Malays of the Peninsula to all aborigines 

 who live in hilly districts. A legend was obtained from Dusun 

 Tua Sakai that their forefathei's had come from Menangkabau to 

 Johore, crossing the sea on a banana plant trunk (batang pisang). 



TRIBAL ORGANIZATION. 



The head of each section of the Blandas is the Batin, who is 

 helped by various sub-officers. The Batinship in the Ulu Kenaboi 

 is said to be at present in abeyance. The following is a list of the 

 four chief officers which I obtained from the Batin of the people at 

 the 24th mile, Dusun Tua : 



(1) Batin I (3) Jukrah 



(2) Jinang I (4) Penglima Garang 



The Batin is the supreme authority and from his decision there 

 is no appeal. When a case with which he is not able to deal is 

 brought before a subordinate officer he turns it over to the officer 

 next above him, and he may pass it on again until it reaches the 

 Batin. 



The Penghulu Balei is a subordinate officer who pi'esides at 

 feasts. 



There are also said to be a Penghulu Muda, whose duties do not 

 seem to be well defined ; and a Penghulu Dagang, Avho looks after 

 strangers. 



