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we could not ascertain with certainty. The quivers that accompanied the blow- 
guns were smaller than the majority of those obtained in Perak, and had covers 
which were either carved out of wood or plaited with rattan, of a conical or 
pyramidical form. The darts differed from those collected elsewhere in 
having the cones at their bases made of pith. We also saw in the houses thorny 
wood cudgels closely resembling those of the Hami, and were told they were 
used for killing rats. 
We found the Sakais of Selangor well acquainted with the use of tuba, a 
poisonous creeper, the roots and stems of which are used in many parts of the 
Peninsula to stupify fish. A man showed us some of the roots in this camp, 
remarking ‘ ipoh for monkeys, tuba for fish.’ 
Though the Orang Bukit affect the Malay costume for the most part, they 
are able to make bark-cloth, as they demonstrated to us. The mallets they used 
in so doing differed from the specimens procured in Perak, in that the lines 
cut on the flat surface only ran transversely, and did not extend far from the 
edges, being rather of the nature of notches made at each side. 
The Sakai houses in this part of Selangor are better supplied with utensils 
and implements, which appear to be of true Sakai origin, than those of any 
jungle tribe visited in Perak, notwithstanding the fact that the Orang Bukit 
are, in many respects, more intimate with the Malays than the Mai Darat. 
Many of their water vessels, for instance, though of bamboo, have flat wooden 
covers attached to them in a manner never seen among the Malays, and baskets 
are made in quite a variety of forms. Some of the creels, to be carried on the 
back, resembled those in use throughout the jungle of Perak, but others were 
rendered more elaborate by having wooden bottoms attached to them, and by 
being strengthened with wooden or rattan rims and ribs. Creels of this type are 
quite unfamiliar to us among the Malays. Very characteristic of the Orang 
Bukit also were certain stiff, pouch-shaped baskets of rattan for the reception 
of drugs. They were suspended by thrusting the bone of a monkey, attached 
to them by a string, into the basket-work of bamboo that formed the walls of 
the houses. 
The clearing in which the camp under discussion was built was quite 
equal to any made by the Malays of the country, and contained both banana 
trees, pineapple plants, and tapioca ; while the Sakais told us they had large 
fields of hill padi a short distance away. Their dogs, of which they owned a 
considerable number, were the ordinary Malay pariahs. We were surprised 
to see an Argus Pheasant consorting with their poultry quite domesticated ; 
several monkeys and a young jungle pig were also noticed in the process of 
taming. 
