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communal abode, being placed in close juxtaposition to one another. This form 
of camp, however, is due to the exigencies of its site. 1 have seen two camps 
constructed by the same people within a few weeks, and while one of them was 
of the type just noted, the other was arranged round a tree. The reason 
for the difference was that the first was built on a narrow shelf upon a bank, 
while the other was at the top. 
The Jehehr are more careless in disposing of the bodies of their dead 
than any other Sakai tribe whom we encountered. The Malays at Temongoh 
complain that they are often compelled to bury corpses left lying near the 
village ; sometimes the body is cast into the river, and if it is buried it is only 
covered with a very thin layer of soil. 
As a rule the Jehehr do not practice agriculture, and do not possess dogs 
of the Sakai breed, though they may obtain pariah puppies from the Malays ; 
but I was told at Temongoh that occasionally they lived in the same manner 
as the Po-Klo. They occupy the same position in respect to the Malays as 
the Seman do. When the strip of territory in which both Grit and Temon- 
goh lie was handed over by Siam to the Perak government, in 1899, the head 
man of the latter village was forced to set free his Malay slaves, being paid 
very handsome compensation for the loss of their services, but his Jehehr 
dependants were not considered to be slaves, unless they were actually living 
as servants in his house. At least two Sakais, who occupied this position, and 
who had become Mahommedans, ran back to the woods on being legally 
released from bondage, and ‘ cast away Islam.’ 
It is interesting to note that the Jehehr are not absolutely confined to 
one bank of the river, for I saw them crossing from a camp on the east bank 
to one on the west. They rarely go far from the river, however, and appear 
not to extend across the new frontier into the Siamese States. 
Mai Darat of Batang Padang ( South Perak ) and the Perak-Pahang border. 
(Plates VIII, fig. 3, IX, X) 
In the Batang Padang district of South Perak, and at Telom on the Perak- 
Pahang border, we met with several hundred individuals of the Sakais of that 
neighbourhood, both those who lived in the vicinity of towns and villages, and 
those who inhabited the high mountains, far from any community of the settled 
population. We could discover no distinction between them, except that the 
hill folk showed a tendency to a slightly more yellow skin, especially on the 
face — a difference probably due to climatic rather than racial causes. There 
is no reason to believe that any of the Sakai camps of this district have as yet 
had their blood mingled with that of Malays or other races to any appreciable 
