JOURNAL 
OF 
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND 
EASTERN ASIA. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES INHABITING THE 
MALAYAN PENINSULA, SUMATRA AND A FEW 
NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS. * 
By the Revd. P. Favre, Apostolic Missionary, Malacca. 
These wild tribes are divided into three principal classes, which are 
subdivided into many others. The first of these divisions includes 
the Battas, who are said to inhabit the interior of Sumatra and a few 
neighbouring islands. The second is that of the Semangs, who are 
found in the forests of Kedah, Tringanu, Perak and Salangor. Un¬ 
der the third head are comprised many tribes, known under the or¬ 
dinary term of Jakuns, which inhabit the south part of the peninsu¬ 
la from about Salangor on the west coast and Kemaman on the east, 
and extending nearly as far as Singapore. 
All these various wild tribes are ordinarily classed under the gene¬ 
ral and expressive appellation of Orang Binua, which signifies, men 
of the soil; this will be the expression I will use when speaking of these 
tribes generally and without intending to refer to any one in parti¬ 
cular. 
* In the title page of the MS. the author a dds “ First part of a worlf com¬ 
posed at the request of his honor Lieut. Colonel Butterworth, C.B., Go¬ 
vernor of Prince of Wales island, Singapore and Malacca.” This valua¬ 
ble paper has been presented to us by Colonel Buttcrwortli, whose constant 
interest in the Journal and most effective support demand a renewed ex¬ 
pression of our warmest thanks. 
von, n, no, v, May, 1848, 
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