24 AN ACCOUNT OF THE WIL[J TRIBRS 



live occiu'eiices. altlioiigli prettj iiuineitxis. 

 \ M ill remark too thai many of those Ja- 

 kuns (lirt'er from the Inrlo-Portui^uese of 

 Malacca in the IVi/Jed look of tlie hair. 



The Jakuns of .lohure are a fine rnce of 

 men; many ui" them are taller than those 

 of Malacca ; tfie tace also expressive and 

 well characterised » and the expression ot 

 the eyes iit many ol' tfioni is a little severe; 

 I have already observed that their nose 

 does not recede at the upper part, neithor 

 is it so Oat or so broad at its base, as this 

 feature in the Chinese, Cochin-Chituise 

 and pnj*e \lala\. 1 have lound several of 

 them with haw ked or at|uiline noses, wiiiclt 

 put me in mind of the laces I have seen in 

 lilurope; so were thus, amongst others, two 

 sons of a great Panfjfinki Batiii' w ho lives 

 at the extremity oF the Johore river. I re- 

 marked also some heautifnl children and 



' Jj^i> • fintitfiilu , rra chfef. ^ . baUn, ftn tillle. ^ 



