27 $ RECIPROCAL FEELING CF JAHUNST ANP MALAYS', 
not be the same history deformed m several circumstances, but cor* 
rect, and easily recognized in several others ? 
There is a tradition on the origin of some tribes of Jakuns, called' 
©rang Laut, (men of the sea,) because they live ordinarily in boats 
upon the sea, and on the sea shore, it is related in the following 
way.* 
“ Datta Klambu, a man of power in former days employed a num¬ 
ber of Jakuns in the building of a palace- He had an only daugh¬ 
ter, who, once upon a time observing the primitive costume of some 
of her fathers workmen, was seized with an uncontrollable fit of mer¬ 
riment. Whereupon, the irritated Jakuns commenced the incan¬ 
tation “ ehinderwye,” and pursued their way to the forest, followed 
by the spell bound princess. Dattu Klambu despatched messengers 
to bring back his daughter, but she refused to return, and eventual¬ 
ly became the spouse of one of tlte Jakun chiefs. Dattu Klambu, 
on receiving intelligence of this occurence, dissembled his resent¬ 
ment, and invited the whole tribe to a sumptuous entertainment, on 
pretence of celebrating the nuptials. In the midst nf the feast he 
fired the palace, in which the revels were carried on, and the whole 
of the Jakuns except a man and a woman, perished in the flames. 
These two Jakuns fled to the sea-shore, and from them sprang the 
©rang Laut, who, not daring to return into the interior, have ever 
since confined themselves to the coasts and islets.” 
This tradition related by Jakuns is entirely different from ano¬ 
ther entertained by the ©rang Laut themselves on the same subject, 
for, they say, that their first parents were a white alligator and a 
porpoise, f 
RECIPROCAL FEELING OF JAKUNS ANO MALAYS.if 
The Jakuns hate the Malays, and the Malays despise the Jakuns, 
There is a natural and uncontrollable antipathy between these two 
people; but they stand in need of each other, and their mutual in¬ 
tercourse is necessary ; the Jakuns launch out into incessant com- 
* Newbold vol. II. p. 411. t p. 422* 
f See «nf$ yob I* p. 385, 
