U AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TIUBES 



lib ro LIS bark of tiic Terap tree, beaten into 

 a sort of ciolli of a roiltlisli brown eoloui\ 

 called a sabariiig, round tlieir loins; part of 

 this comes down in front, is drawn bet- 

 ween the legs and fastened behind. 



OCCUPATIOX. 



Like a] I Indian nations the Jakuns have 

 a propensity to idleness; but to be exact in 

 this acconnt, and just towni-ds them, i must 

 say tiiat tliey are not so lazy as either the 

 Mahiys or Hindoos. Tlieir first and princi- 

 pal occupation is the chase; they have a 

 jjreat predilection for tiiis exercise, it being 

 tlie first means by which they feed the ni- 

 sei ves and their lamilies; and from having 

 been brought up in tliat habit, in which 

 the greater part of their fife is spent, they 

 should he skilful hunLers, and which in fact 

 they are,bot[i in tlieir way and in the man- 

 ner of using tlieir weapons, as I will say 

 liercalter. When there is no more food at 



