nesian languages by the accidents of tempest driven praus, 210-227.— Recapitulation, 227.
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Customs common to the hill tribes bordering on Assam and those of the Indian Archipelago, by J. R. Logan, Esq. ... 229
Three hypotheses of the origin of the people of the Archipelago, 229.— Strong probability of Eastern Asiatic origin, 230.— Deficiency of evidence, and direction in which it is to be sought ib.— Importance of every contribution to the ethnography of the rude tribes of the Archipelago and the region between it and Thibet, 231.— Customs common to the bill tribes around Assam and those of some of the Archipelagic tribes. Preservation of the heads of enemies, 232—Tatooing. ib.— Village communities residing under one roof, and separate bachelors house, 214—Sacrifices and omens, ib.— Funeral ceremonies of the Nagas, ib.—Food, crimes, 236.—Minor habits, ib.
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An account of the wild Tribes inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and a few neighbouring Islands, by the Revd. P. Favre, Apostolic Missionary, Malacca ... 238
Origin of the ⟨Binuas⟩, 238— The aborigines of the Malay Peninsula, 242.— Their Tartar extraction, ib., 241.— different tribes, ib.— supposed Portuguese descent of the Malacca Jakuns, 213.— Physical appearance and constitution, 245—Intellectual faculties, knowledge, 248.— Religion, physic, 219.— Music, knowledge of other nations, 250.— Astronomy, Sumpitun language, 251.— Population and places of habitation, 253.— Habitations, 255.— Dress, 257.— Occupation, 258.— Rice culture, durian groves, collection of forest produce &c., 259— Food, 260.— Elephant feasts, durian. ib, 261— mode of eating honeycombs, betel leaf, tobacco, ib. Weapons, 262.— Marriages, 263.— Birth, 264.— Sickness, 265.— Funerals, ib. Nature, 269.— Laws, 267, form of Government, ib.— Elevation of persons to the Government, 268.— personal wrongs, ib.— Stealing. 269.— Marriages, children, inheritance, ib.— Traditions, 270.— Reciprocal feeling of Jakuns and Malays, 272.— Comparison between Jakuns and Malays, 273.— Sympathy and confidence towards Europeans, 277.— A royal Malay marriage in Sungi Ujong, 278.
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The Chinese in Singapore No. II. General Sketch of the numbers, tribes, and avocations of the Chinese in Singapore, by Siah U'Chin. ... 283
XVI.
Visit to the Tankuban Prabu in Java after the eruption of 27th of May, 1846, by Dr. Bleeker. ... 291
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Report on the Island of Banka, by Dr. Horsfield. 302, 398, 705, 779.
Introduction.— Earliest notices of Banka, 302.— Anciently under Java, 303.— History of Plembang, 304.—
Susunan Ratu, Mangour, Sultan Agong, Saltan Anom, Raden Lambu, or Sultan Badar Uddin, 305-6.—Expedition