^ware. WÉd and ‘fae&gê in- their'appearance, and -armed with b om
iand arrows. éo.' line., in quiet, • colonel
^èaiogÉ^é^maÖe tó€»mabfew presents, « d o ö hm | iórdseréd tófem
|®iabf!%fteiSidi; upon which tóey instaaitly flëd’away! éntó tóte
woods iBkei oA&mhA
| f The ifiédahs arte se c to re d mver tó e woods wg difföfént parts
o f Geylon, b a t are most numerous in the province of s Bintan,
which lies to the : Eorth-east óf (Sandy in the direction, of 'ïteto-
<®*>tanleérand jBataeolo^-rr^JDhe tribe found in this quarter/lad-
-knowledgesilo authority b o t th a t ’©f its own chief and religions
tnéfc. Thb Bedahs are s^mi^otely savage herec and havé u e te r
entered into any in te rco ta se with~~tóe tothen oaftNtes* oir wcaaasdy
-even been ^seêftibyn jB l w H |w j f e -bordering on 'th e? district -of
Jafhapatam, ■ ami ^1®‘i^ibës-who in h ab it 'the west and sóöth-
w tó t'quaitersoof ïhfe islaïKl,* between AdadflsSaaki^nd -the Ha^n-
;gam and Basd&m voorleg nare the only Bedahs who have - been
•seen -;by Europeans, and a r e ta ije h .«Less wild and jffcj^qinmr. than
■those who live in tó e föfests o f.B m tan ,:/
- • The Bedahs, .as they aeknoWledgeuno. '>power bnt~theii' rQwn
chiefs, iSO they adhere! fitem geaetatfo® to^gtwèration, tó rtó é |r
own lawstand óustoïns without 'the ' s o n b fvartatfoju.> ■ i?Rh»y~s^>h-
^sist entirely by hunting dfeer and other animals, with ydaidbrtheir
-forests supply them. The cultivation»-of the .Wwan-mf is. an -art'
which they never attempt to practise; nor would it- indeed» bq
possible for them in the thick Wobds and wilds wMcl they inhabit,
without infinite labour, to prepare the sground 'fear the
Reception'-Of-Mbe o^r any other sort tof Icom. The flesh-» of *the
animals which -procure by ;the«chace, and the fruits1 which sgtow
Spontaneously around them, compose their Whole' food. They
sleep either-on trees or at the foot o f them : aud in -the lat-
3
thorns o;aM. -1 affi Unwind! t them
to keep off-wild beate, «ti.bjrfcth&l’ ftetli%1to give»'warning
ff^their approach;. - As dft# fea^MtobrdbseS his-apl
prehension«:- the BedahjcMtbs'tap the tree' with !expertuess
anfll-.'iilfefii^if;
■ -The-few ®f? fehis'-Jraee wb*k are .'Mote altogdthhFsy%ai#;laltfotgh
they «do not; acknowledge'isoveteigtay ©fotbe the$
furnish him With» ivory, Phoney, jj-wax#£#d Sand1 ^ d bH df
ihem as skirttethe Eurbpeate’4 e^ tort#&feaftoi*rthesteaMi'deife with
theI (Miglesetf tfor • toe'; sitapte-rthingd ^hadhnigli^f^dlii' fe^
qu-lres^‘dPb .tiptovent tfoemsfdyesl ifestfr being #asFpEfeefli dtfttmalte
ptFsener-s,-,- While tarryingyotte this »traffic,* then<arf®th^dlotSgy '
tetaptey ikv»- (kiriouay - Whenwodhey statoS$sin ;dl*^cloth,
ic o n .-M l^ ttfr aMy-pthOr »artefctesBdf \sniitTsfwork; tbfey^ t
|iOaeh by - night Sonfe^Wn ■•#-'^ll^nsand^posit in^spiM''
Where- it 'isf-libdly imfefed'jatel^Tf^be Nd^cO^hbdi' a!JVd£rtIr!
'With 4l^*f/bt‘<.<terf^feipifes'si^e‘
' (Dnah*’-EfdlloW^g ihi^it t-M^
^bpait ^agkki1 to*-%he sanae ‘ 'ptoeeT’i&iM)* rthfeir'/'exipe6ffed>
reward awaiting them." Fdr ^lthOdgh.hthey^ ard ’-easily
'satiMedf tdn'd’ireedilyl.„allow thdl advanthg^fl^fhe^^ifetsoh • with
*$§®5taa Jfhey-^^deatji¥ ‘ their uroquesfe-'areXtreated. WitlMn^i
they:%f|- not,M||te) watch their opportunity df ddirfeYhfei
a ifl&ehieff■'1 The!-. GingleseV ‘ yas /-'lh(^r ,4ahi aflCrt^ds^(®Sphse of
rthq ^tidies »ifferded ,bytoe'-"Sedyhs > tBeHfe&ffic'’
■and dn setae parts 3frtquently\igo;%tfl' the'Wddds':cai4yi^’With
-thetaarticles-of barter.. -This-'trade,-'howevtr,:'fcaif oifly b® carried
ton in thq manner I »hafve'»ali^d^ d^dfibed | ‘foe mb n^fi^W ’
the- nvodd%ean be rao^fl^afraid of approachihg£% ;th§fi
the Bealahsi A- # w ^ s I hdve already said^%fll. venture