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two, one had a conical wooden cover with rattan sides similar to 

 those used by the Besisi, and the other a flat topped cover of plaited 

 rattan with a button in the centre. A rectangular panel, such as is 

 generally found among the Mantra, had been incised on the body of 

 this quiver below the place of attachment of the waist cords. It was, 

 moreover, interesting as it contained two porcupine quills which were 

 used as charms to make the darts fly true and some pieces of 

 monkey's fur which were considered potent in attracting monkeys to 

 the hunter. The quivers were all said to be locally manufactured, 

 the type with the three-sided cover being made by the women, and 

 the other types by the men. Two varieties of dart head were seen, 

 one plain, the other marked with a cross. The poison on the darts 

 marked with a cross was said to be the stronger of the two. 



IPOH POISON. 



The people living near the Kenaboi Mine use a dart poison 

 composed of a mixture of Ipoh sap, getah rotan and the sap of a 

 tree called kayas. Fowls and pigs are reported to be immune to 

 pure Ipoh poison, but Ipoh mixed with getah rotan is said to prove 

 fatal. 



TATTOOING. 



True tattoo marks were noticed on the arms of several men, both 

 in the Langat and Kenaboi valleys. Careful enquiries were made 

 with regard to the origin of this practice, and the Sakai all seemed 

 to agree that it was a newly introduced custom, which had probably 

 been borrowed from the Chinese. One man seen in the Ulu Langat 

 had a distinct swastika mark on the inside of the left foreai^m and a 

 floral design above the elbow on the same arm. If this custom is 

 new it must be spreading rather rapidly for a considerable amount of 

 tattooing is also to be seen among the Besisi of Tamboh in Selangor. 



DEESS AND PERSONAL ORNAMENTS. 



Many of the men seen were wearing only a waist-cloth. This 

 was either of European stufl or of the native bark cloth. Armlets 

 of plaited rattan were fashionable among the men and were often 

 decorated with sprigs of sweet scented leaves. Several tortoise-shell 

 finger rings were collected in the Ulu Langat and some fine neck- 

 laces of shaped and polished monkey-bones in the village near the 

 Kenaboi Mine. I^ecklets and bracelets of "urat batu," the rhizomoi"ph 

 of a fungus, were much woi^n by the women on both sides of the 

 divide. These necklaces are regarded as a charm against " hujan 

 panas " (light showers alternating with periods of sunshine like 

 " April showers " at home) which is much disliked and feared by the 

 aboriginals. A small ear plug of red wood and a hair-skewer of the 

 same material were procured from a woman in the Ulu Kenaboi, 

 Necklaces of threaded white seeds and small pieces of wood were 

 also obtained, together with other more hackneyed objects. 



