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One of theit womenkind was suckling a very beautiful little 
leaf-monkey of the species which the Malays call chéneka. 
This was perfectly at home with its foster-mother, and when 
in need of nourishment went to her and pulled down her 
sarong, which was girt up under the armpits, in order to get 
at her breasts. 
On my asking the people what was the name of their 
tribe they replied, ‘‘ Orang Btrbahan’’ which means ‘‘ wood- 
cutters.’’ They had in their houses two or three two-piece 
wooden blowpipes which they would not sell. These they 
told me were not made by themselves, but by the tribesmen 
of the Merchong and Lepar Rivers. Their dialect, I was told, 
is almost the same as that of the Kemaman people. They 
do not move away from the vicinity of the Tekam. 
They said that they deserted the bodies of the dead, 
leaving them lying in the huts, since they were frightened of 
their ghosts. They agree with the Kemaman people in not 
practising circumcision. 
I noticed that Siti, the boy from the Ulu Tekam, who 
was living with the Kemaman tribe at the time of my visit, had 
had his ears bored for ear-rings, but that none of the other 
male aborigines that I met had undergone this operation. I 
asked him the reason for this, and he replied that his mother 
had had several male children before his birth, but that all of 
them had died. She, therefore, said that should she have 
another male child, she would pretend that it was a girl in 
order that it might survive. So when he was horn his mother 
had his ears pierced, as if he were a girl. 
In connection with Siti, I heard of a case of attemp- 
ted revenge due to jealousy, which is, I believe rather un- 
usual among the aboriginal tribes of the Peninsula. A 
Kemaman man and his wife had separated. After a 
while news reached the husband that Siti was on rather too 
familiar terms with the woman. He, therefore, armed him- 
self with a spear and appeared on the scene to search for 
Siti, but was restrained by Woh, who represented to him 
that, as he had divorced his wife, he had no cause for com- 
plaint, but that if he was still fond of her he had better take 
her back again. This he did, but I noticed that if the hus- 
band was away from home, Siti was constantly at the house. 
The Krau River Tribe. 
I had no opportunity of visiting any of the aboriginal 
settlements on the Krau River, my intercourse with these 
people being limited to conversations held with various 
members of the tribe who came into Kuala Krau to buy rice, 
salt fish, tobacco, etc., while I was staying there. 
The Krau peo ople are a mixed tribe, sen speak a Sakai 
dialect. They practise circumcision, and I was told that 
