mHABlTlNG THE MALAY Pfi^^l^SULA. 17 



upojt tlie old gale wliicli rcjiuaiiiH vmlli ihh 

 day as a reiiicitibrance q( tlie ancienl iorl, 

 are seen sculplured fi {(tires rep resell a 

 king and a queen of Portu^^ai. 



Many others vvlioni 1 quustioned on Llic 

 same snltjett assured me ihat they were 

 descendants oi^ ORAHfi piti', tliat is, of Eu- 

 ropeans, 



Several persons have related Lo me that 

 a report exists that at diflerent times des- 

 cendants of Europeans, al'tei* having com- 

 mitted crifnes, had lied into the interior ol 

 the Peninsula and establislied themselves 

 tliere, in order to avoid (lie punishment ul 

 the laws. 



Besides I i em a iked that lliese Jakuns 

 whom 1 speak of now, Irave the general 

 physical appearance, the lineaments^ and 

 cJiielly the form and the colour of the hod\ 

 entirely similar lo tliose of the connnou 



* . iitttfh , - u IuLp ; ^ itrmiff fimlcfi . - whitft men , 



