too AN ACCOUIST OF THE WILD TRIBES 



country', where a traveller must always give 

 some tiling to the owner of the house where 

 he lias slept. On the contrary, on my enter™ 

 iti|f any Mahiy home, I perceived that the 

 cliiet of tli« family, in the persuasion that 

 this was a lucky windfall not to be lost, 

 hegan at once by taking every means to 

 speculate upon me; hence the exaggerated 

 diincuilics to continue the journey, which 

 are made to appear as impossible, for want 

 of coolies, of guides, etc. — which signi™ 

 fies, ^( Ifyou do not give me some good pre- 

 sent, ymt shall mi pasn farther, n Tlie travel- 

 ler may give as much as may be in liis 

 power, yet this will never be suflicient. The 

 actions of Malays generally show low senti- 

 ments and a sordid feehng; but the Jakuns 

 are naturally proud and generous. 



These two peoples, so different in many 

 points, are notwithstanding similar in some 

 respects : both are ignorant, and conse- 

 quently superstitious, hi tliese two j)oints 



