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bong, Sumatra, there still prevail in the island among the whites 

 as well as the natives, beliefs in the existence of wild men. There 

 are two varieties. The Orang Pandak (orang^man, pandak = short) 

 is said to live in the almost impenetrable mountain forests of the 

 central and southern parts of the island. The natives describe 

 him as black, short, long-liaired, and wild, but not unsurmountably 

 shy — will ask the Malay natives for tobacco. The second form is 

 the Orang Sedapak. He is said to live in the unhealthy lowlands 

 of the southeastern parts of Sumatra. He is said to have the body 

 of a child of about 12 and to have long red hair on head and body. 

 He is very shy and runs but does not climb. On June 20 an ex- 

 pedition was to leave, in charge of Captain Bor, for the determina- 

 tion of what this creature really is. In addition Sumatra has been 

 yielding for some time peculiar stone sculptures, including heads 

 that seem to represent the Negrito. 



In the mountainous region of the upper parts of the Malay Penin- 

 sula, according to information given to Dr. Hrdlicka, there still live 

 thousands of negritoid people, and there are many caves waiting 

 to be explored. 



The visit to Java was made chiefly for the purpose of inspecting 

 the site of the Pithecanthropus, but Dr. Hrdlicka also desired to 

 satisfy himself as to any possible cultural traces of early man, and 

 as to the present population. As a result of the generous assistance 

 given by the authorities.' he was able to see the natives in practically 

 the whole of the island and especially to examine that imjxjrtant 

 region which gave the precious remains of the Pithecanthropus — 

 the valley of the Bengawan or Solo River, a fairly large river, be- 

 ginning in the south of the island and running north and then east 

 to Soerabaya. Here exists a verital)le treasure-house for anthro- 

 pology and paleontology, where nothing has been done since the 

 Selenka expedition of 1910, which was the only one since the work 

 of Dr. Dubois in 1 891 -'93. The lower deposits along the river are 

 full of the fossil bones of Tertiary and Quaternary mammals, but 

 among them at any time may be remains of greater value. Many of 

 the fossils fall out of exposed strata every year and lie in the mud, 

 where the natives occasionally gather them and take them to their 

 homes. 



* Dr. Hrdlicka wishes to thank especially Dr. B. Schrieke of Veltevreden ; 

 Mr. J. Th. Jarman, the Assistant Resident at Ngawi ; Mr. and Mrs. S. H. 

 Pownall, at Banjoewangi; and Messrs. C. P. Kuykendall and R. R. Winslow, 

 U. S. Consuls respectively at Batavia and Soerabaya. 



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