152 (JOMVAJUTrVE YOCi.BUI.AET. 



NOTES, 



1. ILL AN UN, of Tampassuk river, N. W. Borneo, collected by 



W. H. Treacher, Esq., H. B. M.'s Acting Consul- General 

 in Borneo. 



The people style themselves " Iranim,'' not " Ilia- 

 nun," and are settlers from the Island of Magindano. 

 — W. H. T. 



2. DtTSUN, of Tampassuk river, N. "W. Borneo, collected by 



W. H. Treacher, Esq., H. B. M.'s Acting Consul- General 

 in Borneo. 



I believe there are various dialects of Dusim, more 

 distinct the more inland the tribes live. The Vocabu- 

 lary is from Dusiins in the constant habit of seeing 

 tranuns, Bajaus, and Brunei Malays. — "W. H. T. 



3. BftLttD-OPIE, of Sigaliud river, Sandakan, N. E. Borneo, 



collected by W. H. Treacher, Esq., H. B. M.'s Acting 

 Consul-Greneral in Borneo. 



A Biilud-Opie man of some rank gave me the 

 following legend relating to the origin of his tribe. 



A Chinese settler had taken to wife a daughter 

 of the Aborigines, by whom he had a female child. 

 The parents lived in a hilly country (bulud— hill) 

 covered with a large jungle tree, known by the name 

 of " Opie." One day a jungle fire occurred, and after 

 it was over, the child jumped down from the house 

 and went up to a half burnt Opie log, and was never 

 seen more, but its parents heard the voice of a spirit 

 issue from the log, saying that it had taken the child 

 to wife, and that, in the course of time the bereaved 

 parents would find an infant in the jungle, whom they 

 were to consider as the offspring of the marriage, and 

 who would become the father of a new race. The 

 prophecy of the spirit was fulfilled. 



The Biilud-Opies are Mahomedans, and a quiet, 

 inoffensive, not numerous tribe, unable to cope with 

 the Sulus, who appear to have a predilection for their 

 women, many of whom they carry off, thus keeping- 

 down the numbers of the tribe, which is further 

 effected by the numerous deaths from fever which 

 occur. They, at present, are located on the Sigaliud 

 river, in Sandakan. — "W. H. T. 



