158 Ml* Crawfurd on the 



Cook says of their colour that it is a " nut-brown," and 

 that '• it would be difficult to make a nearer comparison, 

 taking in all the difi'erent lines of that colour." 



In so far, then, as physical form is concerned, there can, I 

 think, be little doubt that this race, so tall and well-propor- 

 tioned, is a very distinct one from the short and squat Ma- 

 lay, from which it has been gratuitously imagined to be de- 

 rived. 



The varieties of the Negro race, within the scope under 

 consideration, are more numerous than those of the brown- 

 complexioned. They have been usually called Papua, which 

 is the corruption of a Malay adjective meaning " fx'izzled." 

 Some writers have also called them Austral Negroes, evi- 

 dently an improper appellation, as they are found equally in 

 the northern as the southern hemisphere. Pei'haps the name 

 Oriental Negro is more suitable, but the name Negritos, or 

 Little Negroes, applied to them by the Spaniards, is still 

 better. 



Beginning from the west, w'c first find a race of oriental 

 negroes occupying the whole chain of the Andaman Islands, 

 in the Bay of Bengal, between the 10° and 14° of N. latitude. 

 This is a diminutive squat being, not exceeding 5 feet high, 

 of a sooty-black colour, with flat nose, thick lips, and short 

 Avoolly hair.* Two individuals of this race, whom I saw in 

 Penang, to -which they had been brought by the late General 

 Kydd, who had superintended an attempted British settle- 

 ment on the Andamans, entirely agreed with this account. 



Lately, a race of Negroes has been unexpectedly discover- 

 ed in the interior of the Nicobar Islands, hitherto believed 

 to have been wholly occupied by the Malay race, but I have 

 seen no account of their personal appearance. 



We find a negTO race next in the mountain-chain which 

 rims through tie length of the Malay Peninsula. This is 

 known to the Malays, in some parts, under the name of 

 Samang, and in others of Bila. Those people are of a sooty- 

 black complexion, have woolly hair, and African features. 

 An adult male, measured by my friend General Macinnes, 



* Syme's Embassy to Ava. 1800. 



