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tlitlcrence; but it is cliicOy in the appear- 

 ance of the eves and in the nose that I 

 Ion 11*1 the resemblance perfect. So I see no 

 objection, until fuither iriforniation or dis- 

 covery, to coinciding with tlic opinion oi 

 Lieut. Newbold upon this point. But though 

 tliis mav be the case for almost tlie whole 

 of them, 1 must observe nevertlieless tliat 

 a lew of them form an exception to tins 

 rule, and bear the Arab stamp. Such were, 

 amongst otliers, two intlividuals i found 

 on the extremity of tlie Bannt river, who 

 might pass as two of tlie finest Aral>s. One 

 of them, tfie son of a chief, is of about tlie 

 same age and the perfect likeness of the 

 present sultan of Johore/ruanku Alii, who 

 is one of the finest Arab descendants 1 have 

 seen in the Straits. 



The tliird class of Jakuns, tliose of the 

 Menangkabaw states, seem to present the 

 greatest (liHicult) in an in({uir\ as to their 

 origin. How can hv considered as ot 



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