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APPENDIX
Asiatic Journal [i^c^Of), pp. 41-56, continues the work of Logan and Hervey in
this part of tlie Peninsula, and includes a very full list of the Camphor Taboo
Language, which amply illustrates the peculiarities of that curious jargon.
I pass over the Malacca words contained in my paper in No. 27 of the same
Joitrnal, and Skeat's very full Besisi vocabulary in No. 29 of the same, because
these have all been revised and may be regarded as superseded by the Besisi,
Mentera, and Jakun material now embodied in the Comparative V ocabulary. The
same applies to Skeat's linguistic contributions contained in the Selaii;^or Journal
(1897), vol. V. pp. 378-382. To these lists Skeat has added the te.xt and
translations of a great number of the jungle songs of the Besisi not before printed,
as well as some prose specimens, proverbs, and some grammatical notes {e.g. he
first noticed the existence of prefixes in this dialect).
The matter published in the Selangor Journal (1895), vol. iii. pp. 227, 228,
244, 245, was collected by G. C. Bellamy and J. A. G. Campbell in 1886-87 i"
pursuance of official instructions ; it is of some value, though the spelling is rather
erratic. One of the vocabularies (that of the Orang Tanjong of the Ulu Langat
district) is the only Central Sakai dialect recorded in Selangor, and probably marks
the farthest southern extension of that subdivision of the Sakai family.
In No. 33 of the Straits Asiatic Jouriial (1900), pp. 248-250, Ridley and
Skeat give a few words used by the Singapore Orang Laut, who now speak
Malay only, with a slight residuum of their older dialect occurring in it.
Luering's paper on the dialect of the Ulu Kampar Sakais in No. 35 of the
same _/??/;««/ (190 1 ), pp. 91-104, in addition to other valuable information, contains
a vocabulary which is much the best specimen in existence of the Central
Sakai dialects of Perak, being both full and extremely accurate. It has since
been supplemented by some valuable communications in MS. on the dialects of
neighbouring tribes.
In No. 38 of the samey(7;