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all these articles being similar to those used by the Malays. The 

 type of boat in use among the Sakai was also Malay, the small dug- 

 out canoe called prahu sampan or praJiu sagor. 



TEIBAL OFFICERS. 

 The names of only two tribal officers were obtainable. These 

 were (1) Batin (2) Pemangku. 



The Batin, as mentioned above, was living at Kuala Retang, but 

 the Pemangku with a small party of followers was said to have 

 rejoined the rest of the tribe on tlie Krau river, when the Tekai 

 settlement was deserted. The tribal titles are said to be hereditary 

 in the male line. 



PHYSICAL CHARACTERS AND MEASUREMENTS. 

 In appearance all the Retang people approximated to either the 

 Sakai or Jakun types but perhaps the latter was the commoner, 

 since in the majority of individuals the hair was as straight as in 

 Malays. All the men had their hair cut close to the head with the 

 exception of the young man shown in plate xxvi, upper iigure, 

 who had the back and sides of the head shaved, leaving a patch of 

 hair over the forehead. No traces of Negrito blood were seen 

 among the Retang people, though if the two adopted Pangan 

 described above have children there will be a distinct strain of this 

 blood introduced into the tribe. If the custom of adopting children 

 of other tribes, or the adoption of men from outside into a tribe 

 thi'ough max'riage, be common, as they most probably are, it becomes 

 easy to undei'stand how individuals in Sakai or Jakun tribes may 

 occasionally show distinctly Negrito characters or vice versa. 



The head measurements obtained on the Retang, which were all 

 taken from adult males, are given in the annexed table : 



The people of the Retang river, like those of the Tekai, are 

 probably by origin a mixed-blooded Jakun-Sakai tribe. The 

 measurements in so far as they go rather showing tendency towards 

 brachycephaly. 



TOOTH FILING. 



Both men and women have the six front teeth in the upper jaw 

 filed down. 



PERSONAL NAMES. 



Three names of men obtained were all of Miilay origin ; they were 

 as follows, Brahim, Kasim, and Busol. 



