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said to bury themselves in thiB manner in dif- 

 " ferent places, and upon ihe dry weather setting 

 ** in, and from the powerful effects of a vertical 

 *' sun, the mud becoines hard and crusted, and 

 " the rhinoceros cannot effect its e-scape without 

 *' considerable difficulffy and exertioQ. The Se- 

 ** mangs prepare themselves with large quatitiiies 

 *' of combustible materials with which they quiet- 

 " iy approach the animal, who is aroiised from 

 *• his reverie by an immetis^e fire, which being 

 *' kept well supplied by the Se mangs with fi esh 

 " fuel, soon completes his destruction* and renders 

 ** him in a fit state to make a meal of. The pro* 



jecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved, 

 '* being supposed to be posses?;ed of medicinal 

 ** properties and highly prized by the Malays^ 

 *' to whom they barter it (or tlieir tobacco, &c/' 



The usual method of barter prevailing between 

 the Malays and these aboriginal tribes is for the 

 former to bring their commodities, consisting chief- 

 ly of coarse cloths, tobacco and knives, to any open 

 space in the vicinity of the places known to be the 

 resort of the Seraangs, and retire to a convenient 

 dis^taEce as soon as they have deposited them. 

 The SemangR then approach, and, having selected 

 such articles as they either fancy or require, bear 

 them off, leaving in their room whatever they may 

 deem an equivalent : this consists caiefly of ele- 

 phants teeth, gahru, * dammar, f canes, ratans, 

 &c. ; of which, from their ignorance of the value 

 which they bear in the market, they always leave 



• Ah^xfhm tigallockum, hmr, or Ihe ligmim doei. It ii m perfom. 

 wood aod priiidjiallj- *iiipbvcd \n buTuini mcenfte in Uie reUiriotti 

 «tll6c«i and jin iBit? Uou&j^* t?t' the CJune?*. 



t Daroniar is « re^D^ioj sutnUwce cjLtim«tcd iViWi varimu trei» mad 

 well koowQ all of ex the cait. 



