2 AM ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIIttiS 



lvkr:ss, which iiihabil the south ]»;iri of tiie 

 l^enitisiiia Urom ahout Salaiigor on ihi* west 

 coast and kenuHiian on the east, and ex- 

 tern ling nearly as far as Singapore. 



All these various wihl tribes are ordt- 

 riai'ily dassed umlcr the general and ex- 

 pressive appelhition of ()!ia>g Binija which 

 signifies men of llie soil; this will be the ex- 

 pression I will use when speaking of these 

 tribes g^^nerally and without intending to 

 refer to any one in pai'ticular. 



ORIGIN OF THE BlNUAS. 



Several opinions have arisen respecting 

 the origin of the wild tribes, or Orang Bi- 

 nuas; but these opinions are based only 

 upon conjecture J more or less probable » 

 and until now no certainty, and even no- 

 ihing really sal isliuilory, has heen discover- 



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