AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



ing, plantain leaves serve as plates, and 

 some coco-nut shells form their usual drink- 

 in cups. Some Jakiins refuse to ent tlie 

 (lesli of elepiuints, uniler the pretext ihat 

 it would occasion sickness, but many otliers 

 are not so scrupulous. When an elepiiant 

 is killed either by themselves or by the 

 Malays, they call together their friends and 

 relatives to partake, of the large entertain- 

 ment vvliicli is prepared; tliey then buUd 

 houses in wliich to lodge their guests, un- 

 til tlie animal which furnishes tlie feast is 

 entirely linishcd : llien every one decamps, 

 and returns to tiis usual way of living. When 

 the durian season is come, a good number 

 of Jakun families leave their houses, men, 

 women and children repairing to the pla- 

 ces 1 mentioned before, where are found 

 durian trees. They then again clean the 

 ground in order to find more easily the 

 fruit, wliich falls when ripe, and, dwelling 

 iu the small fmiise of leaves, pi'epare them- 



