SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HEIGHT AND EYESIGHT 
OF THE WILD: TRIBES OF PERAK 
By L. Wray, JUN. 
The information here recorded was obtained at different times and 
in different places, and as no sort of selection was made of the subjects 
measured or tested, it is believed that the results may be taken as fairly 
representative of the height and powers of sight of these tribes. 
HEIGHT. 
Sakais —These people are often called dwarfs and pigmies, but it is 
doubtful how far these names are appropriate to a race whose mean 
height is only about seven inches less than the average height of English- 
men and less than four inches shorter than an average Frenchman.* 
In the following tables, the Sakais named as coming from Kuala 
Dipang belonged to the large tribe of which Toh Sang, of Batu Pipis, is 
the acknowledged chief. The Batang Padang men were from Cheroh, 
near Tapah, and from the Ulus of the Batang Padang and Woh. The 
ages given were estimated at the time, as they have no idea of their 
own ages. 
| = 8) cs 
Sakai of Sex. | Age. | Height.| °P@" | 8 2 
of arms. 5s 
| Et. 2 on | © iter ae in. 
Batang Padang ... =~ Male 25 5 44 5. 64 32 
es oe a 18 5d 5 4 31 
: : 30 5824 (MSs We Bee 
” ”) 39 5 32 5 6 5 
”) ”) 35 5 24 5 2 — 
6 35 5) 2p Se 5a ee 
ny sie ied a 30 ye 5S <7 
Kuala Dipang eS ae a 22 nee 5 (CO — 
Batang Padang... st ; 18 eerie aim 304 
f a r 30 Beer ike: Se ea 33 
7 r 2 Seri an eS wee 33 
x a 20 can al ee! — 
) ” 40 5 I 5 4 2a 
‘ * 40 BelOee (Pee Oca age ae 
”) ” 2 5 02 fe) If 34 
7 , 35 5 Os" |, 5) 2an lige 
4 a. eae es; 2 Re TANS Sei 29 
) 
* General Faidherbe gives the average stature of French Carabineers as 1°65 metres 
or 5 feet 44 inches. 
