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DIALECTS OF THE MELANECIAN TRIBES. 



Finger Tii Raan 



Neck Marokn 



Breast Gno-Kampotn 



Stomach Lopot 



Back Bahoi 



Leg Ano-kompo, betit, lutat 



Foot Diokn 



Toe Tschere-Diokn 



Cold Tkat 



Hot Khob Gohom 



Dead Kobs 



To Eat Intia, ntia Ndia 



To Drink Diao ■ 



To Sleep letek 



To Go Swag 



To Run Palo 



To Cut Nako 



Sumpitan Blahan 



Arrow Dam a 



1. Moi Moi 



2. Npotn Dua 



3. Npe Npe 



4. Frui Npun 



5. Massokn 



6. , Pru 



7. Tempo 



According to the statements of the Malays, the Orang-Tltan 

 of Pahang, where 1 am now going to travel, speak their own 

 language, which is quite unintelligible to the Malays, and so 

 these poor wild men are cruelly treated ; and on this account be- 

 come more isolated than those who live here in Johor. I hope to 

 make further and fuller contributions towards the knowledge of 

 the language of this people." 



The Istana, Johor, 28th May, 1875. 



[Extract from Letter II.] 



" Before receiving your answer to my last letter, which I 

 await with much interest, I find myself in a position to anti- 

 cipate it in consequence of my second Journey into the Malay 

 Peninsula. In the Mountains of Pahang and Kelantan as far 

 .as Singora and Ligor, I have discovered a Melanesia^ population. 

 This people, which is probably the primitive race of these parts 

 undoubtedly belongs to judge from its physical " habitus " to the 

 Melanesian stock. Leading a nomadic life, these people retire 



