abundance and size around islands south of Singapore. id.— Shell fish used as food, 230.— Tendency to form varieties, id.— Shells most abundant, 232.— Notices of particular shells, Magilus antiquus, 233.— Lima, Parinaphora, 234. Planorbis, Natica, 235.— Cerithium lineolatum, 236, Cypræa tigris, C. olivacea, C. adusta, 237.— Echina, 238.— Catalogue of the shells of Singapore and its vicinity, 239-241.
XVIII.
The Orang Binua of Johore, by J. R. Logan. ... 242-293.
Introductory, journey through Johore, discoveries, 242-5.— The country of the Binua, id. of the Bermun tribes i.e. Udai, Jákun, Mintira, Sakai and Besisi, 249-9.— Physical characteristics, expression, and manner of the Binua, 249-252.— Dress, 252.— Houses and household goods, 258. Food and Industry, 254.— Ladangs, cultivated and wild vegetables, 254-6.— Fish and fishing, game and hunting, wild hogs, 256.— Deer, monkeys, snakes, snares for large animals, 257.— Birds, wild fruits, 258.— Durian groves, 259.— Great arrack tampui feast of the Mintira, 260.— Collection of forest produce for Malays, 261.— Taban (Gitta Percha) abundance, mode of procuring, &c. 261-3.— Camphor and camphor language, 263-6.— Condition, character and manners. Radical affinity to Malays, 266-70.— Marriage, Birth, Burial, 270-1.— Additional remarks on agriculture, arts, &c., impliments, canoes, sumpitans 271.— War, invasion of the Mintira by the Rawa from Menangkabau, 273.— Government, crimes, punishments, inheritance, 274.— Religion, Pirman, Jin Bumi, Jewajewa, Poyangs, incantations, 275-7.— Medicines, 277.— Origin of the country and race, 277.— Analogy of religion and traditions to those of the Battas and Dyaks and probable Hindu origin of former, 279-283.— Ideas respecting some natural phenomena &c. sun, moon, and stars, eclipses, shape of earth, clouds and rain, division of time, dread of small pox, of the sea &c., 283-5.— The present relation of the Malays to the Binuas, 285-8.— Language, 289.-Absorption of the race by the Malays, Comparison of the Binuas, Battas, Dyaks and Malays, 290-293.
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Physical Characteristics of the Mintira, by J. R. Logan, ... 294-5.
XX.
The Orang Sabimba of the Extremity of the Malay peninsula, by J. R. Logan, 295-298.
Tradition of origin, 296.— food, wild fruits, roots and leaves, ib.— The cock prohibited ib.— Marriage, death, graves, adultery, dreams, 297.— Child birth, 298— Physical characteristics, ib.
XXI.
The Orang Biduanda Kallang of the River Pulai in Johore, by J. R. Logan. 299-302.
Habits, medicines, burial, &c., 300.— Physical characteristics, 301-2.
