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and the Jakun, with the not particularly infrequent 
addition of Negrito blood, especially in north-western 
Pahang. 
The Jakun speaks the Malay language but in 
his patois are found some words, current in related 
languages, but not used by the modern Peninsular 
Malays. The mixed groups are partly speakers of 
Sakai dialects, partly of Malay, but the physical type 
seems to be usually more Malayan than Sakai. 
Their culture is also of a mixed type. 
In addition to the Jakun of the mainland, and 
of the same race, must be mentioned the Orang 
Laut (Sea People) , the sea nomads, who either spend, 
or used to spend, their lives in their boats. Orang 
Laut were found on and around Singapore Island on 
the first establishment of a British settlement and 
their now much civilized descendants still live in 
the neighbourhood, though they claim to be Malays, 
and there has, probably, really been a good deal of 
admixture of Malay blood. To the same group, too, 
appear to belong the Selungs of the Mergui Archi- 
pelago, off the coast of Peninsular Burma, who are 
still sea nomads, as well as the inhabitants of certain 
islands off the coast of Sumatra and perhaps the 
sea-nomads of Borneo. 
The Jakun and mixed tribes are found scattered 
throughout the territories already indicated. The 
Mantera (so-called), a Malay speaking group, in- 
habits Malacca Territory and the adjoining regions, 
while the Besisi, speakers of a Sakai dialect, are 
found on the Selangor coast, and coastal groups 
are also present in Pahang, but the majority of the 
Jakun are inlanders. 
With regard to Jakun culture, it is somewhat 
difficult to say what of it is natural, and what 
has been adopted from the Malays, though Sakai 
