nUAHrriNG THK MALAYAN PENINSULA. !5 



iHispects they seem to announce a dilTereiit 

 origin; and possibly I simuld not be mis- 

 taken were 1 do divide them into tliree sub- 

 divisions. Those who are living near to 

 Malacca, those who are found in the Jo- 

 hore territory, and those who are spread 

 over Johore, Rumbow, Sungie Ujong, Jel- 

 labu and the neighbouring places. 



Under the first head 1 will comprise those 

 I visited, near Reim , at Ayer Baro, Gassing, 

 Commendar, Bukit Singgi; on the river of 

 Muar, near Pankalang kola, at Poghalay, 

 Sagii, Lemon, Segamon, a few families in 

 the small river of Pago and several other 

 scattered individuals. 



Amongst these tribes, who in number 

 amount altogether to about three hundred 

 persons only, 1 found a tradition whicli 



ffrt dependaoL 'I jJU, ImlaSf from the Javanese, 

 ftjnrwfMy^\» lkala$f ffS forest; « orange halas, mtng vUtn. 

 ^ ■r- y fnsisik, from llift jnvanese, , beajitik, 



fdiil;'" nrattff besisik , wdiHy people. 



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