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may otherwise lead to the discovery of it. 1 will relate here a few 
of these traditions, which if of no other utility, will assist in making 
known the interesting race 1 am now describing. 
The following is a tradition entertained by a part of the Jakimsof 
Sungei Ujong and Runabau and related by some of their Batins. 
« In the beginning of the world, a white Unka and a white Siamang 
dwelt on a lofty mountain: they cohabited and had four children, 
who descended from the mountain into the plain, and became man¬ 
kind. From them sprang four tribes. In after times the heads of 
these tribes, Nenek Tukol, and Nenek Landasson, Nenek Jelandong, 
and Nenek Karoh, were invested by an ancient king of Johore, with 
the honorary titles of To Batin Kakanda Unka, To Batin Saribu 
Java, To Batin Johon Lelah Perkasseb, and To Batin Karah. 
The first founded the state of Caiang, and possessed the Canoe 
Sampan Bulling ; the second ascended the Samowa, or Lingce river* 
and founded Sungei Ujong ; the tlvrd proceeded to the hill of Lan- 
tei kulit, and founded the state of Johole; and the fourth to Ulu 
Pahang.*’* 
The following is another tradition entertained by several tribes, 
and delivered to me by a Batin of Johole. 
Formerly, God created in heaven, a man and a woman. They were 
Batins, (that is a king and a queen,) of course, without kingdom or 
subjects. History says not how long a time this couple inhabited 
heaven ; but only that one day, they descended on earth, and were 
found near the river of Johore, on the southern part of the Peuin- 
sula.f There, this celestial Batin and his consort begat a numerous 
family, who peopled all the Peninsula: Those of them who embra¬ 
ced Islamism are called now Malays; and the others who remained 
more faithful to the manners and customs of their ancestors retained 
the name of Jakuns. 
It is not necessary to pay great attention to perceive the analogy 
between this tradition, and the true history of the creation of man¬ 
kind, as it is reported in the holy scriptures; or rather, would it 
* Newbold vcd. IF, p. 376. 
i Compare the Johore tradition, anfe vol, I. p. 278,280. Ed. 
