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A NA TUB AXIS rs WANDERINGS 



to wliom I sent the head of the village to call them to speak 

 with me. 



The Kiibus are a small tribe of people inhabiting the central 

 parts of Sumatra, and it has been claimed by some for them 

 that they are the remnants of the pristine indigenes of the 

 country. 



My first introduction was to two men, one woman, and one 

 child; shortly afterwards, however, at Surulangun,* through 

 the kind assistance of Mr. Kamp, the Controller of the district, 



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A KrBU MAN AND WOMAN, SKETCHED IN THE VILLAGE OF KOTTA-RAPJA. 



I was able to examine a considerable number of these people, to 

 collect some information about tliem, and to obtain one cranium 

 and, after considerable difficulty, one complete skeleton. 



Kubus are a nomadic 



race ^vandering 

 SultauMte an 



about in tlie 



m 



bang Residency, along the banks and affluents of the great 



Musi 



The Dutch Govern- 



ment some years ago began the attempt to teacli these people 



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* See below, page 240. 



