ir> AN ACCOllNT OF THK WILD TRIBES 



would make tliem to be desceiidiints of 

 Portu[juese, and to which the following 

 relates. 



A lew iiionUis alter my arrival here, an 

 inhabitant of Maiaeca, in order lo satisfy 

 inv curiosity, brought to me two of these 

 Jakuns, as a specimen of the race; it was 

 not without considerable dilhculty that he 

 could induce these children of nature to 

 accompany him to the civilised town, bein^j 

 mucli more dehghted with I lie rude aspect 

 of their thick jungle, than with the exten^ 

 sive view of our open places; but after 

 several promises they took tfteir wa\ to 

 Malacca; and recollecting a tradition they 

 received, as they say, from their forefathers 

 they asked that when arrived at the town, 

 they should he allowed to look at the like- 

 ness of tlieir ancestors, wliich would be 

 found at the upper part of the door of the 

 fortress. These people when questioned be- 

 fore me declared the snme. And in fact, 



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