Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-08-08

Orang-utan avail themselves. The bow ana
arrows and SUBMITS, or bamboo tubes for
blowing out small darts In use among the
Dyaks the Alruns, aud other Wild tribes
Of tho East India Archipelago, are unknown
20 those hairy men Of Sumatra.
They have sometimes been known to ap-
proach the abode Of white people, when
pressed with hunger, or as in some eases,
when pursued by Wild beasts. Tho liauton-
ant gave an instance Of Kubu female who
was induced 10 live with Malay AZ rrst
she rejected cooked meat, and whom sho boz
gan TO rlr,akc of it che seemed to suffer-
much pain in ;hc stomach For some time
She could not be prevailed upon to wash her
body with water. instead Of smcariue it
with the liquid gum Of tres.
The greater number Of ,ho,a beings are TO
be- found in the country Of the Baiang L.
koh; aul ths.o appear to have some slight
traits Of civilization, some of them being en-
gagged in gathering bcnzoin or frankinccnsc,
and in fact are the chief collectors or that
article Of commerce, which they czclaug,
for some trinkcts and pieces Of e3lorsl
cloth. They are extremely cautious orap-
proachiug the Malays for thc purpose ol
trading, for fear Of being caught anlrotain.
ed rs slaycr, which very onrn happens and
it is. said be-, doubtless the trcachory Of the
civilized man which keeps ,hc.' poor crca-
tur., more isolated than they otherwise
would ha.
Thi. mi,,rus, Of cilili1ed men has lcd to q
very curious custom Of trading, somewhat
resembling that described by IIcrol1tus be-
tween thc Car,la..nians aul certain tribes
ia africa but moro singular s,ill, in the
case oi thc Kuhus, as dr.esibcl by the lieu.
tenant, aul afterwards % me ly many
Arab anil Chinese traders hay, met. The
Euhus deposit the gum they collect, and
other articles tn exchange, in a certain
place, when traders arr in the nclghborhool,
then they strike with . club upon a sus-
pended hollow loc, called talah by the Ma.
lays, maxim, drum sound and run or into
tlc rcre.r, OF the forest. Thctralars come
90 Che spot, take away the gum anil leave
what thuy think proper. Alar they have
conc, thr Kulus carefully venture ont 0l
De hick.t and carry oT what has been lai.
lur them. Sometimes ,hi, mode 0fb4r,nr is
reversed Thu, ihc chief material flr the
pariyin: iucgus, u.si in tie ceremonial Of
,h, Church Of Rome, Is gathered by these
rula haals
,lar-Iau, who resided many years on ta'
Western coast Of suma,ra, in his account Of
tlo al5rtsiurs on tlc Island, says that hr
bal heard OF two species ofreapIs, dispersed
in ,lc woods, anil avoiding all c5mmunia-
ton with the other inhabitants, ,he' were
tr .lur.kulu, and th, oang. .GuguE tha
former Icing, as acunIrr,ogl, very uumcr-
ols between the Ell5mhnr aud Jamho.
territories. H. speaks ol having heard Of
several that hal boon caught and put o.
work as slaves, aui Of young Ku'l f.
ma'r t'A, was ap.ursl hy amtn in the
lalg1n country H. ays that tao Gusars
ar, much ,arcgr than tha Kuhas, differing
in littlr but the us' or some unrouth kind
Of speech, from the oranS.utan of B1uoo-
hgy being entirely covered with hair. But
Naalru Is rather .kcptical about ih' exc
f.,,r,r M tIrst l,ir-s .fllgItTll lgm4uity.