«a V^f ACCOUNT OK THE WILD TRIBES 



of ihii Juiifjle. I will however lie re stale 

 what appears to me to be an approxinui- 

 tioii to the truth. 



The numbei' of tlic Jakuns whose exis- 

 tence is known to nie vviLli certainty, that 

 is J tliose I myself visited, and who fell un- 

 der my immediate inspection, amount to 

 no more than one tliousanff. Those I know 

 only by information would amount, 1 sup- 

 pose, to about three or four thousand; the 

 whole to hve tliousand at the most. They 

 are distributed in the follow ijij; way. Those 

 ! termed Jakiins of Malacca are the least 

 en number, and cannot be more tlian three 

 liundred, about one lialf of whom I Iiave 

 seen in the following places; viz. near 

 Reim and Aver Panas, at Ayer Baru, Gas- 

 siui, Kommender, Bukit Singhi; in the ri- 

 ver of Muar neai' Paukalang Kota, at Po- 

 gbalay, Sagil, Seganion, Lemon, iawee; in 

 the small river of Pago, and in !ljat of 

 King. The retuainder are to Uv found, at 



