'Al AN ACGODNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



spoke to me ol' God as the creator' of every 

 thing, ol' Adam, as the fust man, of Ahia^ 

 ham, Moses, David, Solomon, but in a 

 very con fused way. I liave not found 

 amongst tliem any know] edge of Christ 

 nor ot" the CIn istian religion ; but I was sur^ 

 prised that, having given on one occasion 

 an instruction of the Catechism to some of 

 them, and upon asking them again, they 

 answered correctly lo a good number of 

 m\ questions. The nunc learned of them 

 are those who are called Pawang; 1 will 

 speak of them in one of the next articles. 

 The most ignorant in religious matters are 

 those of Malacca. A subject of surprise is 

 that lliough many of them acknow ledge tlie 

 existence of a God, of a creator, they have 

 not amongst them a single religious prac- 

 tice, and not only they do not practice ex- 

 terior Corn is of uorsliip, but from inquiries 

 from I hem I lind that tliey have not the 

 shglilesl feeling either of tlumkbdness or of 



