THE ORANG SABIJlBA, 
in a state of uneasiness for some (Jays. A Sabimba of old 
dreamt that he would be killed by a tiger, and within two days his 
dream was fulfilled. 
The colony at present living towards the head of the Sungie 
Tamrau (which falls into the Salat Tamrau or old Strait of 
Singapore opposite the most northerly point of the island) consists 
of 25 men, 30 women, and 15 childrem. They are serfs of the 
Tamtmgong being un der a Malay Jennang who employs them in 
collecting taban, dammar, rattans, kayu gharu, ebony, chandan and 
wax. In return he gives them rice, sago, and very rarely a little 
cloth. Other Malays are also allowed to carry on a little trade 
by barter with them,* by which means they are supplied with 
axes, hatchets, earthenware, cooking pots, iron pans, salt, chilis, 
and tobacco. 
To describe them further would be scarcely anything more than 
a succession of negatives. Thus they do not circumcise or in¬ 
cise, they do not file the teeth, they do not perforate the lobe of 
the car. They have no religion, no hantus or other supernatu¬ 
ral beings that have names, hardly any medicines, no Poyangs, 
The husband alone assists at births. To aid parturition a decoc¬ 
tion of daun Snluso is administered, and they also samboran like 
the Malays. A fire is kindled near the mother to scare away 
evil spirits. A decoction of the branch of the Mankurus is also 
given to the mother. The umbilical cord is cut with a sambilu 
rotdn (or rattan knife) and kunyct powder applied. On the third 
day the mother bathes in water mixed witha decoction of the 
ddun kamdso followed by an application oflime juice. She then 
resumes her wandering in the jungle in search of food, her child 
being tied closely under her arm with its mouth to the breast. It 
does not receive a name till it is a few months old. The children 
are never beaten. 
I have only seen two individuals of the race. One is an old man 
and the other a middle aged woman. Both are at once seen to be¬ 
long to a different race from the Ilinua. The head in particular is 
much larger, and formed on a different type. The face is very long, 
arising from the length and inclination of the lower jaws. The lips 
* Except in taban, which they cannot dispose of to others under pais 
«af a ducking. 
