A JOURNEY IN JOHORE. 117 



On the 9th, at about nine o'clock a. m. 

 I reached the junction of the two rivers 

 Sayonfj and Negao young w ith that of Johore; 

 I was then informed that both were inha- 

 bited by Jakuns; but, as many days would 

 be required to visit them, 1 continued to 

 go up the river. In the evening, I reached 

 a place called Menkao, where arc the two 

 last Malay liouses in a kampong on the left 

 bank going up the river, and where 1 li- 

 kewise found the first families of Jakuns, 

 They amount in that place to the number 

 of thirty persons. On the opposite side, in 

 another kampong named Kampong Yniiss, 

 are also found five families of Jakuns. 



The incessant rain forced me to remain 

 here two days. The river is here no more 

 than twenty or twenty-five feet in breadth , 

 but is very deep. 1 remarked that the river 

 of Johore from its source to Menkao is call- 

 ed Sayong Besar by the aborigines, while 

 they give the name of Sayong Keel id to 



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