172 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Von. IX, 
Nationality. Nature of Offence. Punishment. 
(5) Putting malau (stick- Sakai it is related that 
: lac) into the fire. the house of an offender 
(c) Teasing a monkey, tabus was struck by 
or dressing it up like lightning and swallowed 
aman and laughing by the earth, hot 
at its antics. springs arising on its 
: site. His daughters 
(Z2) Roasting an egg in were killed by a dragon, 
the fire. and this animal and the 
daughters’ leaf dresses— 
(ec) Laughing at snakes the girls were probably 
or other animals. eaten—have become 
stones. This is the only 
) Imitating the notes of case of petrifaction for 
certain birds or the breaking a tabu that I 
noise made by the have come across in the 
cicada. . Malay States. 
(i 
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Negritos. (a) Copying the notes of, Thunderstorms, light- 
or killing, certain ning and floods, involv- 
kinds of birds. ing the deaths of the 
(6) Sexual intercourse offenders. 
within the camp. 
There still remains to be discussed the object for which 
the granite monoliths were erected. It is interesting to note 
that the Mikirs set up standing stones and place flat slabs in 
front of them; for the Pédang, the Sudu, and the Kémudi, 
each have a slab placed on the ground in this position, while 
these large uprights are also three in number, as among the 
Mikirs, or, if we also take into account the two smaller stones 
(103 and 104), five, also a Mikir number. Excavation at the 
main group of monoliths produced no proof that they marked 
the site of a grave or graves; in fact rather the reverse, for 
the ground under the table-stones seemed never to have been 
disturbed previously. I am inclined therefore to think that 
the probabilities are in favour of the Linggi monoliths being 
either memorial stones (possibly for the use of the spirits of 
the departed) or guardian stones ;—if they should be contem- 
poraneous with the tomb, memorial stones. This, however, 
would denote a great confusion of beliefs, Mohamedan and 
an. 
_ One other point is perhaps worth mentioning; and that 
is with regard to the blocks of stone which are placed under 
the flat slabs in front of the main group of monoliths. These 
may, of course, be merely for the purpose of preventing the 
slabs above from sinking into the ground, but it must be 
