88 AN ACCODNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



enlertainment, on pretenci; of celebrating 

 the nuptials. In the midst of the feast he 

 flred the palace in which the revels were 

 carried on, and the whole of the Jakuns, 

 except a man and a woman, perished in 

 the flames. These two Jakuns fled to the 

 sea-shore, and from them sprang the Orang 

 Laut, who, not daring to return into the 

 interior, have ever since confined them- 

 selves to the coasts and islets. t> 



This tradition related hy Jaknns is enti- 

 rely dilferent from aiiotfier entertained by 

 the Orang Laut themselves on the same 

 subject, for they say that their first pa- 

 rents were a white alligator and a por- 

 poise. 



PAWANGS. 



Tlie Pawangs are a class of men endow- 

 ed with the power of performing the func- 

 tions of priests', teachers, physicians and 



' Tlip fniK^Jions of iimnngsL llicm consisl only 



