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such places one or two clays journey. The 

 Jakims who liave no taste for culHvaliiig 

 rice, or who are not acquainted with tlie 

 manner of doing so, are generally very ini^ 

 serahle; tljcy are tlieu obh'ged la look to 

 tlie Malays, to provide for their liveliJiood : 

 they traverse the Jungle all the day seek- 

 ing after ratan, danuuar, garu wood, and 

 several other articles of commerce; the next 

 morning, they go to some Malay house, 

 w here tliey dispose of l!ic produce of their 

 search » receiving in return a small quan- 

 tity of rice, sometimes scarcely suflicient to 

 sup])ort their family for that very day; after 

 that they return to tlie same thing for the 

 purpose of procuring in like manner food 

 for the next day; and so on. Where the 

 Chinese work in the tin mines, tliey employ 

 sonietinies Jakuns as workmen, I am told 

 that at some place in Jellabu, Jaknns work 

 the mines by themselves, and bring tUp tin 

 to Pa hang, where they sell it. In sonn* 



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