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this pattern consists essentially of a couple of wedges uniting at the base. 
These are held to portray the two long tail feathers which are so conspicuous a 
feature of the species. The ‘ Argus Pheasant ’ pattern is almost a trade mark 
of the Po-Klo, when seen on quivers from this district, as it appears only to be 
adopted by them, though specimens of the kind are often seen in use among the 
Seman and Jehehr, having been bought from or exchanged with the hill men. 
I was unable to discover a single instance in which such a quiver had actually 
been made in the plains. The Po-Klo are the artists and artificers of the 
jungles of Upper Perak. They also carried tobacco pouches made of shredded 
Pandanus leaf or grass, and provided with flaps to cover the orifice. The 
plaiting was very neat, though the ribbons were coarser, or rather wider, than 
in some specimens I have seen in other parts of the Malay Peninsula, and the 
pouches were decorated with squares and oblongs of turmeric daubed upon 
them, in a way not seen in any other tribe. • 
Unlike the tribes hitherto described, the Po-Klo build regular houses, 
which I have seen from a distance through a field-glass while travelling on the 
Perak River and its tributary, the Temongoh. As far as could be judged, 
they resemble the houses of the Mai Darat, to be subsequently described. I 
never saw more than three in any one clearing, though the latter were often 
of considerable extent. Millet ( skuey ), tapioca, and bananas are cultivated in 
these clearings, though the Po-Klo themselves told me that they had no agri- 
cultural implements but pointed sticks. The Malays make great fun of them, 
because they say that rice makes them sick and therefore refuse to eat it. 
The Po-Klo also told me that they had a breed of dogs different from the 
ordinary Malay pariahs, but they would not bring them down into the village ; 
from their description these dogs appear to be the same as those we had seen 
among the Sakais of South Perak, but very possibly may be of purer breed. 
The names of individuals of this tribe seem to be given in the same way 
as is the case among the Seman, but they were willing to give the native 
rendering of them, probably because they knew less Malay. Fathers often 
assume the name of one of their children with the prefex pa (father). The 
head-man of a camp takes the title pali-mon. 
The Po-Klo owe allegiance to no Malay master, and, indeed, appear to 
have had very little communication with the Malays until quite recently. 
While I was at Temongoh the Malay headman of the village was away on the 
Rhaman border, registering the plantations of the hill Sakais, and making a 
record of the durian trees, over which they claimed ownership, in the jungle. 
This question of the durian trees, which have probably been propagated by 
accident or naturally, but over each of which ownership is claimed by some 
