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CHAP. VI SAVAGE MALAYS OF MT. BEREMBUN 333<br />

The Bloii'pipv.<br />

Jakun <strong>of</strong> Berembun. — All <strong>the</strong> Berembun tribes<br />

(visited by Logan) used <strong>the</strong> blowpipe and poisoned<br />

darts. The former was a light and neat instrument.<br />

and differed from <strong>the</strong> " bored " wooden blowpipe <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Dayaks. That <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Berembun tribes consisted<br />

<strong>of</strong> two bamlioos about 7 ft. (2.13 m.) in length, <strong>the</strong> one<br />

enclosed within <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> external one being about<br />

three-fourths <strong>of</strong> an inch (19 mm.) in diameter, and<br />

neatly decorated for about i ft. (91 cm.) in <strong>the</strong> centre<br />

and at each extremity. To prev^ent it from splitting,<br />

<strong>the</strong> fibrous bark <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Artocarpus was bound around<br />

6 in. (45 cm.) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> extremity and coated with resin<br />

("dammar"). The internal tube was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />

length as <strong>the</strong> case, but its "bore" measured only<br />

three-fifths <strong>of</strong> an inch (15 mm.). It was composed <strong>of</strong><br />

two pieces <strong>of</strong> bamboo, united by a splicing-piece 8 in.<br />

(20 cm.) long, which embraced both ends tightly at<br />

<strong>the</strong> point <strong>of</strong> junction. The bamboo used in <strong>the</strong> manu-<br />

facture <strong>of</strong> this blowpipe (" buluh temiang ") was very<br />

light and finely grained.'<br />

The darts (" damak ") were made from <strong>the</strong> stem<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bertam-palm leaf. They measured 10 in. (2^<br />

cm.) in length, and ,',; in. (1.5 mm.) in diameter at<br />

"ches"or "cheh"(Mal. "ipoh"). "Ko- <strong>the</strong> milky saji drawn from <strong>the</strong> stem <strong>of</strong><br />

pah" = ?Carrt/

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