INHABITING THE MALAYAN PBNmSULA. 45 



month of Mai (i8/iy), some Jakuns hav- 

 ing killed several elephants took t\w li- 

 berty to sell the ivory tosks and to apply 

 the price of them to their private use; 

 which the Malay cliief ol tliat place* pre- 

 tended to be a violation of his j ifjhts, and 

 consequently sent armed Malays with or- 

 ders to kill these poor people; as such a 

 crime could only be atoned for by the 

 deatl! of the guilty parties; seven persons 

 were killed and wounded, and many othei-s 

 fled to dilTercnt places, and some came 

 over to the territory of Malacca, w here they 

 find more security and protection, and es- 

 tablished tliemselves at Rooibia, Malacca 

 Pinda, Bukit Berdani. The places more 

 coQjiuordy frequented by the Jakuns are 

 tlie neighbourhood of monntains and the 

 bordei*s of rivers. 1 liad been told that 

 many lived around the base of mount Ophir ; 

 and pcissihlv I his was so a few years ago; 

 bnt ill ihe nionJh of Juno of Uie present 



