TftE OftANft MUKA KfMNl*. 
side by side, and made to join hands, while the parents enjoin them to 
be kind to each other and avoid disputes. A feast follows, at which 
the newly married pair eat from the same plate or leaf. Singing 
and dancing to the rabana follow. The Batin receives a present of 
2000 rattans. 
If a husband is not pleased with his wife, he may return her to her 
parents, and after the lapse of a month the parties may form other 
connections. Polygamy is unknown. The children of brothers can¬ 
not intermarry. 
A Bfdan or midwife assists at births, and receives 4000 rattans on 
the first occasion of the kind in the family, 3000 on the second* 
2000 on the third, and 1000 on any subsequent birth. The only me¬ 
dicine administered is a decoction of the bark of the kayu pangar for 
the mother, and a decoction of the root for the child. 
Males. 
Females. 
Kelut 
Majah 
.Limpat m. 
Pangel m» 
Iras m. 
Oko m. 
Kassah m. 
liras' m. 
I’bol m. 
Awa m. 
Ulu 
Mina m. 
Jawak 
Antas 
Lima m. 
Rina m. 
Ldka m. 
Nibor w, 
K&td m. 
Tama m. 
Sard m. 
Td 
Sijo in. 
Bind 
Jalan 
Jodo 
Rabo 
■I* 
The dead are buried in graves near the house* 1 \ feet deep. A sum*, 
pitan is placed on that of a male, and a knife on that of a female. In 
about a month after the burial, the family abandon the hut, and. make 
another in a distant place. 
The face of the only male of the tribe whom I have seen was lo¬ 
zenge shaped, and in this respect, and in the length and curve of the 
lower jaw and consequent shape of the lower part of the face, ap¬ 
proached considerably to one of the Biduanda Kallang, Naneng. 
From him however, and from all the other individuals of that tribe 
whom I have seen, he was distinguished by the advance of the lower 
part of the face from the nose downwards, caused by the projection of 
the upper jaw. In this respect he resembled the general Binua and 
Berrnua type. The distinguishing feature of the Mintira,—the vertical 
