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English — Malay. 



Mouthpiece — pangkal sumpitan 

 Muzzle — mata sumpitan 

 Quiver — tabong bekas damak 

 Quiver-cords — tali tabong 

 Dart — damak 



Point of dart — mata damak 

 Butt of dart — pangkal damak 

 Dart-holder — sarong damak 

 Poison — ipoh 



Serting River Jakun 

 (Bekturk Chong). 



delong ding. 



soin ding. 



liik. 



tali luk. 



damak. 



cheh (poison) damak. 



pahabong damak. 



blet. 



cheh. 



THE JAKUN OF INAS. (PL xxx). 



A short visit was paid to an aboriginal settlement named 

 Kelapi which was situated rather more than a couple of miles 

 from Kampong Inas, near Johol. The distance from Inas to 

 the Jakun village was traversed on foot, the baggage being 

 carried by a mixed crew of Malays and Jakuns along a rough 

 mining road. When nearing Kelapi, a small party of Jakuns 

 were encountered sitting under a tree by the wayside. These 

 people volunteered the information that they were Catholics, 

 and had come originally from the mission at Ayer Salak, 

 about nine miles from Malacca. They had with them a little 

 boy of about two years old w ho had a very light skin and 

 looked distinctly Chinese. On being asked if the child was 

 one of theirs, the oldest man of the party said that it was his 

 grandson, his daughter having married a Chinese mechanic 

 at Malacca. A few of these mission Jakuns were scattered 

 about in several of the neighbouring aboriginal settlements, 

 notable Charek and Miku. The name of Father Borie, the 

 Founder of the Ayer Salak mission is still known among them, 

 and Emi, the old man mentioned above said that he could 

 remember him, though he was only a youngster when Father 

 Borie left Malacca owing to ill health.* There were no Catho- 

 lics in the settlement of Kelapi. All the Jakuns met near Inas 

 were pleasant and well mannered people, though to an ethno- 

 graphist they were not particularly interesting, since they had 

 to a very large extent adopted Malay fashions. 



HABITATIONS. 



The houses of the Kelapi aborigines were similar to those 

 of the Pertang and Serting Jakuns. The space between the 

 flooring and the ground was fenced in to form a fold (kandang) 

 for sheltering goats and fowls at night, and one of these folds 

 contained a tame deer. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The kampong had quite extensive wet rice {sawah) fields, 

 which were well protected by fences. Buffaloes, of which the 



* He was said to have died on the voyage "to Europe. 



