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head, as the Cochin Chinese ; others, as many of those of Malacca? 
cut theirs entirely ; others, chiefly of the Menangkabau states and of 
Johore, shave the head, leaving it only at the crown above three in¬ 
ches in diameter where they never cut it, the same as the Chinese j 
and to prevent this head or hair from being hooked by the branches 
of trees in their silvan habitations, they tie it up in the form of a 
top knot. They have scarcely any heard, and many of them have 
none at all. The women leave their hair to grow, and then tie it up 
in the same way as the Malay women; but as they have but little 
occasion to care much for appearance, it will be easily imagined that 
they are not ver y particular in this respect. 
I was told that in the forests of Pahang are found numerous tribes 
of Jakuns, w ho are as w hite as Europeans : that they are small, but 
Very good looking ; and the Malays are very fond of catching them. 
For this purpose they form a party and beat the forest in order to 
catch these poor creatures, just as a troop of European hunters pur¬ 
sue fallow deers. When they succeed in their chase they take them 
to Pahang or to Siam, where on account of their whiteness and 
comeliness they sell them very dear. Other persons who have also 
seen tins species of Jakuns, tell me that they are not as white as 
Europeans, but that they approach more to the colour of the Chi¬ 
nese, w hich is the most probable. 
INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES, KNOWLEDGE. 
Both the intellectual faculties of the Jakuns and the knowledge 
they evince are very limited ; the reason of which is, I think, not 
the defect of the faculties themselves, so much as really the want of 
means to develope their intelligence. They are indeed very ignorant 
but they are also certainly able of acquirement; they are endowed 
with a sound mind, a right judgment, and a good memory. I 
have never found among them any either insane or idiotical; all 1 
have seen were more or less intelligent, and I always found their in¬ 
tellectual faculties in a sound state, corresponding to the common 
and ordinary rules of nature. I doubt not but that if they were to 
receive the same care that is given to European children they would 
