THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



Fivm " Le Tour <iu Monde" 



A NEGRITO MAN, WITH SPEAR. 



which he pronounced after 



having blown the fumes 



[of aromatic gum and 



wood] of his censer from 



his hand, most probably to 



the four winds, as he faced 



to the four points of the 



compass, pronouncing the 



word and blowing the fumes 



to each. He told me that 



the word Sumlat meant 



the same as Salamat means 



in Malay i.e. either ' Hail ' 



I asked him to whom he 



Hantus. Now, Hantu in Malay may be taken to mean 



either Ghost or Spirit only not God; the spirit may 



also be either benignant or malignant. I then asked 



him to tell me what Hantu, and he said the Hantus 



of the forest, of the mountains, of the rivers, of the 



winds; also the Ilantus of Malay and Sakai chiefs who 



had died; also the Ilantus of headache, of stomach-ache 



the Hantus that caused his people to gamble, to smoke 



opium, and who sent all sorts of disputes, and who sent 



mosquitoes. He prayed to these Hantus to be kind to 



him and to his people to send plenty of food to eat, and 



not to send any evil things. lie further said that the 



Sakais do not pray to Allah that is, to God. The 



question, undecided in my mind as yet, is whether this 



worship was learned from the Sakais by the Malay Pawangs 



of the present day who practise it, or vice versd." 



the women come forward, and 

 go through certain evolutions, 

 clapping their hands frequently 

 and making curtseys. The 

 other musical instruments are 

 bamboo flutes and whistles, a 

 Jew's harp, and a simple guitar. 

 "My friend who accom- 

 panied me," says Mr. Hale, 

 "and I, both considered that 

 the effect was perfectly har- 

 monious. The music of the 

 Sukais is in fact very pretty, 

 much more so than the Malay 

 music as a rule. I took the 

 opportunity to question the 

 chief concerning his prayer, 

 which he delivered in a queer 

 mixture of Malay and Sakai, 

 preceding each string of peti- 

 tions by the expression Sumbat, 



Photo by Rau] 



NEGRITO MAN. 



or ' Peace be unto you 

 prayed; he said to the 



Photo i a in 



FILIPINO WOMAN. 



