Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

CHAP. I SAVAGE
MALAYS OF JOHOR 133
proper moment to take the hive ; but they wait until
the small bees are well formed in the cells, and a few
days before they are ready to fly away, the honeycomb
is taken with great care, and, wrapped up in a
plantain leaf, is put upon the fire for a few minutes,
when wax and animals are devoured together, and
considered as an uncommon treat "
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Jakun (unspecified). — According to Vaughan-
Stevens, the Jakun were in the habit of using for
drinking purposes either " some sort of cup " or a leaf
if nothing else were obtainable.'-'
The same authority informs us that the Jakun on
their wanderings always carried the smouldering end
of a rope made of tree-bark fibre.^
The ceremonial method used by the Jakun for
kindling fire will be described in detail in a latei
chapter.
Sthnulants and Narcotics.
Finally Favre states of the Jakun that they were
in the habit of chewing betel-leaf together with its
usual accompaniment of areca-nut and gambler, and
that when they were unable to procure the betel-leaf
they used the leaf of a tree called "kasi."^ Tobacco,
when it was procurable, was much used, even by
women and children, both for smoking and chewing/
Udai.—Of the Udai our information is of the
scantiest, all we are told being contained in a sentence
by Newbold, to the effect that "they (the Udai) sub-
sist on the flesh of the animals they catch, on wild
roots, and on fruits of the forest."*^
* J. J. A. vol. ii. p. 261. ^ J. I. A. vol. ii. p. 261 ; see also
2 Z.f. E. xxix. 184. vol. i. p. 255.
' lb. xxviii. 1 68. •' Newbold, ii. 3S1, 382.
* Gomphia Ilookcri, Plancli.