88 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VI, 



•SENOI NAMES. 



• 



Names are, I believe, generally given by the midwife. 

 The prefix Yok before a name signifies a man, and Han a 

 woman. When a married couple have had a child they are 

 frequently not called by their own names, but are simply 

 known as father (Bek) or mother (Ken) of so-and-so. Several 

 examples of this will be found in the attached list of names of 

 some of the Sakai I met at Jeram Kawan. The custom is 

 common throughout Malaysia. 



Males. 



(7) Yok Integ. 



(i) Yok Simbok. 



(2) Yok Dalam. 



(3) Yok Pataling (or 



Bek Landas). 



(4) Yok Tangkop. 



(5) Yok Jahaia. 



(6) Yok Sagop. 



Han Gamak (or 

 Ken Landas.) 

 Han Landas. 



(8) Yok Angong. 



(9) Yok Batiwou (or 

 Bek Sunyap.) 



(10) Yok Gok (or Bek 

 Kidai.) 



(11) Yok Intan. 



Females. 



Han Un. 

 Han Yok. 



FOLK STORIES, RELIGION, AND SUPERSTITIONS. 



The following folk stories were obtained from Yok Patal- 

 ing, one of the Senoi of Jeram Kawan. They were told in a 

 very disjointed fashion, important details being often omitted 

 at first, and only coming to light after considerable question- 

 ing. I have however tried in translating to preserve the 

 narrator's words as nearly as possible. 



The Orang Mensud. 



The Senoi used to be attacked by a race of men called 

 M at M ensud *' {Mensud men) who came from Pahang. These 

 had hair all over their bodies, arms, and legs. They used to 

 come into people's houses and after feeding there (as guests,) 

 seize some of the inhabitants in their arms, as they were 

 squatting round the fire, and fly off with them to the mountains. 

 After travelling for some time they used to come to a great 

 marsh called Paya Lekat (The sticky marsh: lekut = Malay 

 lekat.) Here they told their prisoners to sit down and rest, 

 and when they did so, they seized them and threw them into 

 the middle of the swamp. As soon as the prisoners had sunk 

 into the marsh there arose from its surface spears, parangs 

 (working knives,) adze heads, and blow-pipes. These the 

 Orang Mensud collected and took home with them. If the 

 Orang Mensud seized children they sold them as slaves. 

 Sometimes a Mensud man used to take a Halak (magician) 

 with him and go to a cave. They placed a little Kijarf near 



* The Mensud and Temir rivers on which they were said to live were stated 

 to be tributaries of the Bertang river in the Ulu Jelai district of Pahang. 

 t A kind of damar gum. 



