]m \ JOURNEY IN JOHOril- 



viHagr* iiiiialiited by Jakuns : llieir number 

 had probably beeu considerable, since a 

 large piece of gronnd Ijad been cleared and 

 cidtivated. My j^uidos tfdd me thai the in- 

 salubrity of the piace had forced the irdia- 

 bitanls to abandon it several years ago; 

 Ihe jungle is already grown up, and a few 

 years more the place wdl be scarcely distin- 

 guisbable IVom the thickest forest. Atsunsel 

 we arrived at the place where the Jakuns 

 of Bannt live at present. The population 

 of the place amounts la eighty persons, wlio 

 are governed by a chief termeil Panghoiu, 

 Tlie whole of them udiabit comfortable 

 houses, and they cultivate much rice; tliis 

 grain witli kladees, and a quantity offish 

 they catcii in the river Banut, compose al- 

 most tbe whole of their daily food. 1 was 

 received bv the chief in the most kind and 

 polite manner, and at ids earnest request 

 I passed two nights in bis house. I intended 

 to go from Uiere to tiie extremity of the 



