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TRADITIONS. 



The traditions enlertainod by tlie Jakims, 

 iliougli frequently ridiculous, and relating 

 impossible and fictitious facts, are not al^ 

 ways to be rejected, because sometimes 

 tbey contain more or less Irutli, or may 

 otlierwise lead lo the discovery of it. I will 

 relate here a few of these traditions, wliich, 

 if of no other utility, will assist in making 

 known tlie interesting race I am now de- 

 scribing. 



The following is a trad i lion entertained 

 by a part of the .lakuns of Sungei Ujong 

 and Rumbau and related by some of Lheir 

 Batins. 



ffln the beginning of the world, a white 

 Onka and a white Sianiang* dwelt on a 

 lofty mountain : they coliabited and had 

 four children, who descended from the 



' LiCtjf. tinkaf IT a species of monkey having no Uiil 

 and wfitkinfr erecl," jUL*. siamaBg^ ttUic gibbon.*? 



