112 A TRIP TO GTTNONG BLUMUT. 



All). The explanation appears to me to be that the first is 

 the real original native tradition, modified by the substitu- 

 tion of Baginda Ali, a Mohomedan name, for that of the 

 native prince who must originally have figured as the chief 

 actor in the transaction ; while the account given in the 

 second betrays the influence of Mohamedanism, to suit which 

 it was evidently written, or at ail events modified like the 

 first. The theory of the semi-human nature of the tiger 

 race in its home at Clumaku, the original tiger being 1 born 

 of a frog, may be accounted for by its human paternity. 

 Perhaps the legend in representing the tiger as descended 

 from man and frog — the highest and one of the lowest of 

 animals — indicates the combination of great and base qualities 

 which is found in the ti^er ; or the frog may be intended to 

 point to the readiness with which he takes to the water ; or, 

 still more likely perhaps, the legend of his origin was framed 

 after that of his dual nature, and to account for it. 



I made inquiries as to the camphor language in use by 

 the aborigines and the Malays when in search of camphor. 

 On this subject Logan makes the following remarks. 



" While searching for it they abstain from certain kinds 

 " of food, eat a little earth, and use a kind of artificial lan- 

 "guage called the bahasa kapur ( camphor language)." [I 

 found some difficulty in getting the words " bahasa kapur" 

 understood; when my informants saw what I meant they 

 exclaimed " oh he means pantang kapur."] " This I found 

 " to be the same on the Sedili, the Endau and the Batu 

 "Pahat. From the subjoined specimens it will be seen that 

 " most of the words are formed on the Malayan and in many 

 " cases by merely substituting for the common name one de- 

 " rived from some quality of the object, as ' grass fruit' for 

 " 'rice,- ' far-sounding' for 'gun,' ' short-legged' for 'hog,' 

 " 'leaves' for 'hair,' etc." 



The Camphor Language: 



[ I went through Logan's list, and as I had a good many 

 words given me which do not .appear in his list, and where 

 the words are the same several being sounded otherwise 

 than his spelling would indicate, I insert them here in a 

 third column.] 



