APPENDIX 



THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF THE 

 RACES AND PEOPLES OF BORNEO 



A. C. Haddon 



Introduction 



The following sketch of the races and peoples of Borneo 

 is based upon the observations of the Cambridge Expedition 

 to Sarawak in 1899 and those of Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis 

 in his expeditions to Netherlands Borneo in 1894, 1896- 

 1897, ^nd 1 898-1 900 {Quer durch Borneo^ Leiden, vol. i., 

 1904, vol. ii., 1907). 



It is generally acknowledged that in Borneo, as in other 

 islands of the East Indian Archipelago, the Malays inhabit 

 the coasts and the aborigines the interior, though in some 

 these reach the coast while Malayised tribes have pushed 

 inland up the rivers, a sharp distinction between the two 

 being frequently obliterated where they overlap. The 

 condition, however, is much more complicated as we can 

 now distinguish at least two main races among the 

 aborigines. 



We have no evidence as to who were the primitive 

 inhabitants of Borneo. One would expect to find Negritos 

 in the interior, as these black, woolly -haired pygmies 

 inhabit the Andamans, parts of the Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, the Philippines, New Guinea, and possibly 

 Melanesia. No authoritative evidence of their occurrence 

 in Borneo is forthcoming, and one can confidently assert 

 that there are no Negritos in Sarawak. Nor are there any 

 traces of Melanesians. It is generally admitted that, 

 assuming the Australians to be mainly of that race, a 

 Pre-Dravidian element should occur in the Archipelago, 

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