Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

I RACE-CHARACTERS OF SAVAGE MALAYS 77
communities living to the west could communicate
with those of the east, and vice versa.
All these rivers except the Pontian rise in a group
of mountains known as Gunong Blumut.
Two rivers in this neighbourhood do not appear
to be inhabited by the Jakun ;
these are the Pulai in
the south-west of Johor, and the Sedili, lying just to the
north of the Johor river. Logan found no Benua on
the Johor river below the junction of the Sayong and
Lenggiu (branches of the Johor river). On the
north-west they did not extend beyond the Simpang
Kiri— a branch of the Batu Pahat. Whether the
Pahang tribes—to the north of the Endau—are similar
to the Benua, he had no opportunity of ascertaining,
but the Benua inhabiting the country indicated un-
doubtedly formed a separate tribe in themselves
they had no connection with any other tribe and
scarcely any knowledge of such,^
Race-Characters of Johor Land-Tribes.
Speaking of the personal appearance of the Benua-
Jakun (or " Benua of Johor," as he calls them), Logan
says " that in personal appearance they bore a strong
family resemblance to the Malays, and he remarked of
many of them, as he had previously done of the Besisi,
that the difference was scarcely appreciable so long as
they remained at rest and silent. But the great majority
were at first glance distinguishable from Malays.
The most constant and obvious characteristic was the
eye, which, as in the Berembun tribes (noticed below),
was soft, mild, and with a liquid brilliancy, very different
from the dark, cloudy aspect of that of the Malay. He
' Logan, /. I. A. vol. i. p. 246 seq. ^ lb. p. 249 seq.
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