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liave iiiliabitecl the place Tor many years; 

 lliey have a large cultivated kaiiipoiif; well 

 furnished with inangosteeTi , champadah 

 and iiian\ oilier kinds of fi'uil trees. I re- 

 marked likewise a number of be lei trees 

 and sugar canes, and a large paddy field, 



Tlje Jakuns here are the niost comforl- 

 ably established 1 have ever met with, I 

 was kindly received by the inmates of this 

 solitary place; and my arrival was the occa- 

 sion of a feast. All the population of the 

 kampon^ being gathered together in the 

 largest liouse, that in which I had already 

 taken niy lodging, cakes of more than one 

 kind were made, and kladees were pre- 

 pared with several sauces; a fowl was killed 

 and presented to me; all the evening was 

 spent in lively conversation and in singing 

 accompanied with drums. I was told that 

 the place is entirely solitary, tlie nearest 

 house being ihal of the Halin which 1 had 

 left in llie morning, and tlial on ail other 



