lNHABITJ\<i THE MAUVAIN PENINSULA. 5 

 from Singapore lo Malacca in the seventh 

 century ol" the Hejira, tliat is in the thir- 

 teentli century ol the christian era, a Me- 

 naiif^kahaw chid, iiatnefl Tu Puttatr, came 

 over to Mahicca^ atLeiidcd by a numerous 

 retinue. lie ascended ihv river to Naning 

 where lie ibund no otiiei- inhabitants thcui 

 the Jakuns, and settled at Taba and took 

 lor wilb one ol the Jaknn damsels; an exam- 

 ple speedily lolloived by his vassels. The 

 tradition says also that this colony gradually 

 increased and spread itself over Sun^ei 

 lljiuig, Untid)aii, .lohole, and other' ])laces 

 then inliabitfd cl nelly by abori{jiiies, oi' Ja- 

 knns. From whence we may irder, that if the 

 aborigines or BiniuKs ( Jakunsf) were already 

 spread over so many places, they must have 

 inhabited tlie Peninsula horn a remote pe- 

 riod of time, an infei'ence which is streuf^tli- 

 ened when we consider tlnit the niannerfi 

 and customs of this people must be a gi eal 

 obstacle \u n swif! inci'ease tii 1li<* [lupnla- 



