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an incomplete bee-hive of bertam leaves had been erected within 

 an ordinary hut of the village. The decorations in these bee-hives 

 were of the same type as those seen in the jungle. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The aborigines around Dusun Tua and also near Kongkoi cultivate 

 wet padi and, as mentioned above, perform the " semangat padi 

 ceremonies " ; the people of the extreme " ulus," both of the Langat 

 and Kenaboi, have their clearings planted with kaladi, keledek, 

 ubi kayu and a little Indian corn. Tobacco is also grown in small 

 quantities for home consumption. 



QUAIL TRAP. 



An example of a peculiar kind of trap for quail (burong sioul) 

 was observed in the Ulu Langat. It appears that the quail come to 

 eat the fruit which falls from a tree called " unang," and the Sakais 

 knowing this set up a trap consisting of a long tapering basket 

 of rattan, whose mouth is enclosed in a fence or screen of gi-een 

 branches facing towards the place where the fallen fruit is lying. 

 A bee-hive hut of bertam leaves is then built not far from the trunk 

 of the tree. A cord, one end of which is led into the hut, runs 

 behind the quails' feeding ground and is attached at its other end to 

 the base of a small tree. A man conceals himself in the hut, and 

 when the quail come to feed, jerks the cord up and down ; the quail, 

 making for cover, see in the mouth of the trap a convenient hole 

 shaded by bushes and run into it. 



WEAPONS. 



BLOW-PIPES. 



The blow-pipes collected or seen on the expedition were all of 

 the same type, having a conical wooden mouthpiece and an inner 

 tube composed of two pieces of bamboo placed end to end and joined 

 by a covering section of the same material. The muzzles are bound 

 with rattan and co-vered with damar. A large part of the outer 

 tube nearest the mouthpiece is decorated with circular and other 

 designs ; above this is a plain polished portion from which the outer 

 skin of the bamboo has been removed, and between this and the 

 damar covered muzzle is a small length covered with patterns. 

 These patterns were said not to be representations of anything in 

 particular but to be merely decorations. 



QUIVER AND DAETS. 



Four types of quiver were found on the Kenaboi side of the 

 divide. One bought in the extreme " ulu " had a conical cover of 

 plaited rattan, the sides of which are concave. The other three 

 types were all seen in the settlement near the Kenaboi Mine. One 

 quiver had a cap of the usual three sided, Selangor type ; of the other 



