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provided with depending plumes of horsehair, to which bright-scarlet, 
yellow and white feathers are fastened with bits of beeswax; these plumes 
are attached to the concave, or inner, surfaces of the combs by means of 
the same material. (Pl. XXV, fig. 4.) A highly characteristic Negrito 
ornament consists of circlets of boars’ bristles, worn by the men about 
the calves of the legs. (PI. X, fig. 1.) 
Their other ornaments are earrings, bits of copper wire, buttons, beads, 
pieces of looking glass, and similar things. Many have no ornaments of 
any sort. Like most of the other non-Christian peoples in northern 
Luzon, they are especially fond of bright-scarlet cloth. 
They often employ “medicines,” consisting of leaves or herbs which are 
pasted on their temples or thrust through the holes in their ears, and of 
tubers or seeds which are strung on bits of creeper or rattan and hung 
about their necks. (Pl. XXIII, fig. 1.) These remedies are supposed 
to be of value in curing colds, headaches and fevers. 
They have practically no manufactures of their own. On occasion 
they roll leaf tobacco into rude cigars for their personal use. They 
fashion their bows and wooden-headed arrows and lances with bolos 
obtained from the Christian natives. The arrow and lance-heads of iron 
and steel which they sometimes possess are all obtained by purchase or 
trade. They make no cloth or pottery and, so far as my observation goes, 
do not even know how to make any fermented drink, although they are 
at no loss to know the use to which such drink is commonly put and 
when supplied with it by others promptly get intoxicated. 
Most of the Negritos, while somewhat inclined to be mischievous and 
thievish, are timid and peaceful. They have feuds among themselves, 
but seldom make war on neighboring tribes. However, the people of 
some of the settlements in the eastern cordillera of northern Luzon have 
the reputation of being quite fierce and warlike. The bow and poisoned 
arrow are the principal weapons used in war. (Pl. X, fig. 1.) The 
Negritos are afraid of strangers and sometimes take “pot shots” from 
ambush at persons who invade their territory without giving due warning 
of their approach. Head-hunting is unknown among them. 
Normally the Negritos are nomadic in their habits, and as a natural 
result they do not build houses worthy of the name. Their dwellings 
are mere huts with roofs of leaves or grass, under which there may or 
may not be sleeping platforms of poles. (Pl. XXIX, fig. 2.) Such 
huts can be constructed in a few moments and are of course abandoned 
without regret. They are usually scattered here and there through the 
forest, although occasionally a group of one or two dozen will be found 
together. Governor Blas Villamor informs me that the largest settle- 
ments of northeastern Luzon number forty to fifty families. 
The Negritos subsist chiefly on game, fish, wild honey, and forest 
products. In fishing they sometimes use small traps and sometimes bows 
and arrows. I have found those of southern Isabela very skillful in 
