30 AN VCCOUNT OK THK WILD IHIUKS 



Tartar t;xtraction? All tlie Tartars J liavtj 

 seen, were UtH, at least as tull as tlio middle 

 sized European, and Jiiaiiy of then were 

 taller; witli expressive e\es, and a nose 

 vvhicli did not recede at the upper part; 

 ilie facial angle also was apparently niucli 

 tlie same as that of Europeans. But on tiie 

 contrary, tlie Jakuns of the Menangkahaw 

 states are very short; tlieli' eyes, tlio ugh ex- 

 pressive, are not so much so as those of 

 tlie Tartars; tlie nose receded at the upper 

 part, and witfi the facial angle extremely 

 acute. 



The people to whom these Jakuns bear 

 the most resemblance are Malays of the 

 Meiuuigkabau slates V. But we cannot infer 



' The name iVIenanfj^knbaw is said to he derived from 

 Uip words, vicuatig, signifying ffto wiii.T mid ka- 

 ffiiH, ?i)v ^yS7 ktirlfiin ^ -a hidralo^: from the slory of mi 

 i'ii{;;tjjoiiiont lielvveeii a mns\\l young biiilVilo mid n sliwig; 

 nlfl oiio. iti wliicli the foriiipr id snirl lu liave ncqnipHl 

 it niirijili'le viclory. 



