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getting a vocabulary from the Rompin river itself. 
From one of the rivers very near it I got a short word- 
list; it was pure " Sou th-E astern Sakai." In the end, 
by the assistance of Mr. J. P, Swettenbam, of Kuantan, I 
secured a full vocabulary of Jakun from the Knantan 
district, where the first wooden blow-pipes were found. 
That also was " South-Easteni Sakai." 
It seems clear now that ** South-Eastern Sakai " is not 
a local patois of Besisi but a language spokeu fi-om end 
to end of the area over which the Jakun culture extends. 
Moreover, this dialect contains tlie word "Jakun." 
Under the circumstances^ Blagdcn's theory that Jakun 
is a separate linguistic group must be abandoned; the 
language must be classified as a "Sakai*' dialect along 
with the rest. Indeed, it is allied so closely to Besisi 
that Blagden himself failed to draw any very broad line , 
of demarcation between the two. 
We have dwelt already upon the close connection in 
culture between the Jakun and the Besisi. Both have 
the same elaborate official hierarchy — the Jhffin, Jf^uanfj 
and Jeltfa ; both dwell on the plains and are connected 
with the sea; both associate freely Avith the Malays. 
While the foundation of Malacca is associated with the 
Besisi, that of the Xegi4 Sembilan is associated with the 
Jaknn.^ We now turn to the differences. The Jakuu 
blow -pipe is made of wood ; that of the Besisi is made of 
bamboo. The Jakun does not build tree-huts ; he only 
raises his house on very lofty pillars. Lastly, he believes 
implicitly in the future life of the soul. 
The following description of a Jakun grave will be 
of interest, if only for purposes of contmst with the 
' Incorrectly^ I bcHeve, Tlie Jnti*« of Negri SemUilau traditiou aceiu tg 
me to be the tribe known aa Mautraj Blundit«, or JliduaudK. 
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