'THE OUANCr MUCA KCNI^Gf. 
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% Malay to make a vocabulary of their language, but lie could not 
meet any of them. I have lately found a short notice of them in a 
Dutch work published last year, entitled “ Bcrigten omtrent Indie, 
gedurende een tienjarig verblijf aldaar ” by Mr, Rottger, formerly a 
missionary at Rhio. This I shall give afterwards, if I fail in obtain¬ 
ing a more complete account. In the south eastern part of Battam 
are found 
THE ORANG MUKA KUNING. 
This tribe inhabits the forests on the river Sa Raya or rather on 
Its feeder the S. Muka Kuning, which joins it from the left, about 
five hours pull from the mouth of the river. After ascending the 
Muka Kuning about four hours, we reach Pankallan S. Raya, from 
which a five hours walk brings us to the kampongs of the Orang 
Utan or men of the woods. 
The tribe consists of about fifty families, who live scattered in the 
forest in small huts beneath the trees, formed of a rude platform 
supported by four posts about three feet in height, from which the roof 
of sirdang leaves rises at once without any intervening wall. It is 
open at both ends, and has no ladder or door. The males mostly 
Wear the chawat of tirap bark, and the females short sarongs of cloth. 
They do not cultivate any plants, or breed any animals save dogs. 
With the help of these, and with the sumpitan, siligi or spear of ni- 
bong, axe, hatchet, and knife, they procure their ordinary food in 
the forest, and rattans, dammar, and agala wood, which they barter 
for rice, cloth, implements, tobacco, and salt. The articles of food 
which they derive from the forest are the same animals and vege- 
tables which the Orang Sabimba use (vide ante p. 296,) As with 
them, the fowl is forbidden food. 
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A Malay Batin, named Pajar, who lives on Pulo Loban, is en¬ 
trusted by the lam Tuan Muda of Rhio with the charge of the 
tribe. He visits them from time to time, bringing rice and other ar¬ 
ticles, and receiving in return the forest produce which they have col¬ 
lected foi him. They are prohibited from trading with other per¬ 
sons under penalty of a ducking. 
