340 AN ALBINO. 



much higher price than girls from any other of the 

 many divisions of the inhabitants of the island. I had 

 only opportunities of seeing those of the Rejang tribe 

 who live at Serekei, and cannot say that I observed 

 their great superiority. They were dressed in the manner 

 of Malayan females, and perhaps their long clothing 

 may have better concealed their personal defects : their 

 hair was kept in better order, and their faces were much 

 fairer than is general amongst the other tribes. 



At Hoya, amongst the other people who came to 

 visit us, was an Albino, who was introduced to us as an 

 " Orang putih," or white man of the country : his skin 

 was white, but of a reddish or pink tinge, and rather 

 rough ; his hair was yellow and flaxen, his eyes greyish 

 blue. He said that he enjoyed perfect health, though his 

 eyes were weak in the glare of the sun, and his sight 

 most vigorous and acute in the mornings and evenings. 



Albino varieties of the human race are well known 

 to most of the tribes inhabiting the island, though I 

 never previously saw one. Some others of this man's 

 family were said to present the same remarkable 

 features of complexion. 



The houses of the Rejang tribe of Milanowes at the 

 town of Serekei were built on very large posts of hard 

 wood, about fifteen to twenty feet from the ground. A 

 village they possess, and which they frequent during the 

 fine monsoon or fishing season, has the posts of its 

 houses much higher; in other respects the houses 

 resemble those of the Sea Dyaks, and the villages are 

 built upon the same plan. The posts are much more 



