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above Lenggong, after it had been deserted, and also a ceremonial 

 decoration of plaited leaves representing a kris. Pandanus baskets 

 of various sizes for holding pinang or sireh were much used by most 

 of the men. The old headman of the camp at Lenggong had a small 

 bamboo box containing python fat which he said was a valuable 

 remedy for disease. 



FOOD. 

 Rice eked out with a little fish, game or vegetables, besides jungle 

 fruits and various kinds of tubers, seem to form a large proportion of 

 the Negritos' food. The rice, according to their own account, is partly 

 grown by themselves at their encampment at Ayer Balik near Kuala 

 Kenering. Tubers of a wild plant called uhi Jcapor are shredded 

 previous to cooking on a piece of a rattan to which the thorn 

 bases are left adhering. In the encampments Malay or Chinese 

 cooking pots are used, though on journeys it is probable that they 

 often cook in bamboo internodes, as is done by many of the aboriginal 

 tribes. A tortoise-shell and the bones of numbers of small mammals 

 and birds were found in the hearths of recently used i-ock-shelters 

 neai the limestone caves above Lenggong. 



PATTERNS ON DART QUIVERS. 



The method by AA'hich the Negritos produce the ornamentation 

 on their utensils has been dealt with above, while a few remarks on 

 the magical use of the patterns will be found under the section 

 entitled Religion and Magic. The rough sketches of quiver patterns 

 on PI. XV. were made both at Lenggong and Kuala Kenering. As 

 might be expected, all the designs are dei-ived from objects well 

 known to the Negritos, many of them being repi-esentations of 

 animals, fruits, etc., which are used as food. 



I and II. Two sets of patterns from one dart-quiver which have 

 an intervening blank space between them. 1, at top, II reaches to 

 within 1| inclies of base. 



III. A block of patterns repeated four times on a quiver, with 

 blank spaces of equal size between each block. 



IV and V. Two small panels of pattern selected from among 

 others similar to those illustrated. 



VI and VII. Selection of designs from a Cjuiver entirely covered 

 with ornamentation. VI, patterns at top of quiver. VII, a variant 

 of the lotong pattern found lower down on the quiver. The rest of 

 the designs were repetitions of those shown in VI. 



Note. — All heavily blackened portions, whether of pattern or 

 back-ground, represent places where the outer skin of the bamboo 

 has been removed and the underlying tissues dai^kened with clamar 

 Jceluhd, as described above. Some patterns, such as " a," are 

 produced by merely scratching in the design and colouring it. 



