70 AN ACCOUNT OF THK WILD TBIIiKS 



tion ol' wild plants, is given accortlitijj tn 

 the rude prescription of a Pawang, but 

 ordinarily vvithoul any f^uccess. They mostly 

 die of fever caused by I lie dampness and 

 insalubrity of tlie places tlicy inhabit; like 

 the people ol'India, lliey are generally very 

 subject to ulcers. Many of them have also 

 disgustinf( skin diseases, but ordinarily not 

 dangerous. I think that, if the Missionaries 

 succeed in gathering the Jakuns into villages 

 as tJiey infend to do, and in making their 

 habitations more salubrious, ulcers amongst 

 them will be certainly much more scarce; 

 and \ hope the cure of their skin diseases 

 would not present great diiliculty, A small 

 provision of quinine or some otfier reme- 

 dies for fever w ould also doubtless preserve 

 the life of many. 



FUNERALS. 



The preparations they make for thcii- 

 funerals are lew and simple. If the decefise 



