102 THE E.NDATJ AXD ITS TEIBUTAEIES. 



and turn their language to account in the search for camphor, by 

 representing it as a charm, without which all search would be un- 

 availing. Thus, while self-interest would prompt the retention 

 and handing down of a sufficient vocabulary to meet their wants 

 in this respect, their constantly increasing intercourse with the 

 Malays would inevitably prove fatal to the rest of their language. 

 The vocabulary of the panlang Jcajrnr itself, too, would, in the 

 lapse of time, naturally suffer diminution by the death of noted 

 collectors and the loss occurring through transmission from gen- 

 eration to generation, and their own language being forgotten, 

 the Jakuns would have recourse to the Malay periphrases whicli 

 now form so large a portion of it, and which shew them to havo 

 been unequal to the invention of a special vocabulary for a particu- 

 lar purpose. 



But more to the point than any theories on the subject, is the 

 fact, that some of the older or non-Malay words are identical with 

 words of the same meaning in some of the aboriginal dialects fur- 

 ther North ; the following are instances : — 



Jo-oh to Drink 



Chendia a Hut 



Tongkat the Sun 



Selimma Tiger 



while the following shew signs of connection : — 



English. 



Pantaiuj laipur. 



Semaitg. 



Deer 



Sesunggong 



Sig, Sug 



White 



Pintul 



Peletan, Beltan 



Tongue 



Pelen, Lin 



Lentak, Lentek 

 Jakun. 



Pi S 



Samungko 



Kumo, Kumoku 



These examples are but few, doubtless, but, pending further col- 



