COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY. 153a 



^OH^, -Continued. 



4. STILUS, collected by Anson Cowie, Esq., for W. H. Trea- 



cher, Esq., H. B. M.'s Acting Consul- General in Borneo. 



5. NIAS ISLANDS, collected by A. tax Daalen, Esq., for 



G. P. Tolson, Esq. 



6. KIAN DTAK, \_ 



7. PUNAN DTAK, f 



> collected bv The Eevd. J. Holland. 



8. MELANO DTAK, I 



9. BUKtJTAN DTAK, 



10. LAND DTAK, collected by The Eevd. J. L. Zehnder. 



11. BALAU DTAK, collected by The Eevd. J. Holland. 



12. TAGBENUA, collected by A. Hart Everett, Esq. 



TheTagbenua are a tribe of Aborigines of Malayan 

 .stock inhabiting the central part of the island of 

 Palawan. The Vocabulary was collected at the village 

 of TJaihig, a small settlement on a stream of the 

 same name, which falls into the bay of Puerto Prin- 

 eesa — Port Eoyalist of the Admiralty charts — where 

 the Spanish have had a penal settlement and naval 

 station for the last five or six years. The words are 

 written in accordance with the system of expressing 

 Malay words adopted by Marsden, as nearlv as possi- 

 ble.— A. H. E. 



13. PEBAK SEMANG. 



Proper Names. — The Aborigines name their children 

 from some natural feature in the locality where they 

 are born. The commonest practice seems to be to 

 select the name of some plant or tree growing at or 

 near the place where the birth takes place. Some- 

 times, however, hills, mountains, rivers, rapids, &c, 

 supply appellations, as may any natural phenomena, 

 such as a storm, a flood, &c. 



The following names were mentioned in the course 

 of an enquiry, before Mr. "W. E. Maxwell, into a 

 charge of kidnapping SaJcei children. It is noticeable 

 that all, or nearly all, are Malay. 



