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near Malacca. It is not improbable that this latter group is 

 largely descended from Malays who refused to adopt the creed 

 of Islam ; or they may perhaps more probably be derived from 

 the widely spread pro-Malay race, of which the Malays them- 

 selves and the Javanese, &c., are specialised offshoots. 



In the discussion which followed, 



Professor Hickson, F.R.S., remarked upon the extreme 

 interest of the photographs of the Semangs exhibited by Mr. 

 Laidlaw, which removed all doubts as to the affinities of these 

 people with the other isolated groups of the negrito stock. The 

 fact that was mentioned about their use of the bow and arrow 

 confirmed this conclusion, as it is noteworthy that so many of 

 the negritos, such as the Andamanese, the Aetas, the Akkas, and 

 Bushmen use bows and arrows, although surrounded by more 

 powerful tribes by whom this weapon is not seriously used in 

 warfare. The use of the sumpitan or blow-gun by the Semangs 

 was probably learnt from the Malays, the only race of human 

 beings, with the exception of the Caribs of South America, who 

 have discovered its efficiency. 



Extraordinary General Meeting, May 13th, 1902. 

 Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.l..S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M.Inst.C.E., was elected a Vice- 

 President of the Society, in the place of Mr. R. F. Gwyther, M.A., 

 and Mr. John Boyd was elected Treasurer of the Society in the 

 place of Mr. C E. Stromeyer. 



The following gentlemen were elected honorary members: — 

 Dr. Joseph Larmor, Sec.R.S., Cambridge; Dr. D. H. Scott, 

 F.R.S., Kew; Principal Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., Birmingham; 

 and Professor H. F. Osborn, New York, U.S.A. 



Professor Sydney J. Chapman, M.A., Professor of Political 

 Economy at the Owens College, and Mr. R. W. Ellison, Moss 

 Side, Manchester, were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



