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tent, so that the woman could approach me without breaking 
the tabu 
A man may not speak to his mother-in-law. 
The Giving of Names. 
There is nothing to add to what I wrote in my former 
paper under this heading, except some further examples of 
Negrito names. Among the Kintak Bong, besides Mémpélam 
and Piseng whose names I have robs explained, there 
were the following individuals :- 
Pai, a female, born at the Tapah River. Pai means 
“ irrigation ditch,’’ according to Mémpélam. 
Sidim ,* born near the Sidim River in Kedah. 
Semeh,a female, born near a kemangi-shrub (semeh). 
Kising, a male, born near a kising-plant.’ 
Customs and Prohibitions with regard to Marriage. 
The Kintak Bong told me that they have no marriage 
ceremony, not even a feast, as Tokeh previously stated was 
the case.' There is said to be a small payment made to the 
bride’s relations, from $2 to $10. A man who is a suitor for 
a girl’s hand usually speaks to the girl’s father or elder 
brother. In the event of there being nobody in the camp 
whom a bachelor can marry, he goes in search of a wife 
either to another camp of his own people, if there is one, or 
to that of another tribe. Tokeh said that marriage between 
first cousins is prohibited, this may, perhaps, be so among 
the Menik Kaien, but the statement needs qualifying as faz 
as the Kintak Bong are concerned. The rule is that first 
cousins may marry, provided that the man is the son of an 
elder brother or sister; if he is not, they may not marry. 
Musical Performances. 
While I was at Lubok Tapah, the Negritos, at my 
request, gave a musical performance. The singing was 
accompanied by a pair of bamboo stampers, struck on a log 
of wood by one of the women, and by two pairs of ‘ cast- 
anets,’’ pieces of wood or bamboo—such as the Malays call 
chérachap —which were beaten, one piece against another, by 
two of the youths. Singing is called peningloin. 
As in the case of performance given by the halak, I took 
down the somewhat fragmentary songs on the spot, being 
aided in this by Mémpélam, and attempted translations of 
them afterwards :— 
en pt 
: Sex not obtained. 
Probably some species of — ginger. I was told that it is much like 
a euuseieuk: but has a strong smel 
