NEGRILLO RACE 



Malay Race. — David Malo, a Hawaiian. 



Negrillo Race. — An Aramanga Lad. 



" The Negrillo race," says Dr. Pickering, " has much the same complexion as the Papuan ; but differs in 

 :he diminutive stature, the general absence of a beard, the projecting of the lower part of the face or the 

 inclined profile, and the exaggerated Negro features. 



" The hair also is more woolly than in the Papuan, though far from equalling in knotty closeness that of 

 the Negro. On a direct comparison with the Negro, I have observed that the complexion appears to be 

 rather red than black. 



" One day, at Tongataboo, I observed, as I supposed, a Negro lad sporting in the midst of a group of 

 native children. I should, perhaps, have thought nothing of the circumstance, had I not been told by a 

 resident that he was a native of the island of Aramanga. It appeared that 'he had been brought in a 

 trading vessel about ten years previous.' My informant, who was on board the vessel, stated, ' that the 

 object of the voyage was to cut sandal wood, but so much opposition was experienced from the natives, that 

 after obtaining a little the enterprise was abandoned. Beards were rare at Aramanga.' 



" On invitation, the lad subsequently came on board the Vincennes, bringing a little present of fruit; and 

 I was thus enabled to examine his features more particularly. The forehead was remarkably retreating, 

 with a horizontal sulcus or furrow, and the lower part of the face was very prominent ; the lips were thick, 

 the nose hardly as broad as in the Negro, and the eyes, though small and deeply sunk, were very lively ; 

 the cheeks were thin, and the limbs slender, with the calf of the leg high. Notwithstanding his orang fea- 

 tures, the countenance was very pleasing, and he seemed unusually active and intelligent. Having been 

 brought away when a child, he had forgotten every word of his native language. It was reported of him, 

 that at night, instead of seeking, like his companions, the protection of houses, he resorted to the sea-shore, 

 .and buried himself in the sand. 



"Captain Vanderford once visited Aramanga; and in circumnavigating it, 'attempted at various points 

 to open communication with the natives ; but he could get nothing from them, except a spear or a stone. 

 They were the most singular looking people he ever beheld, and appeared to him rather like monkeys than 

 men.' The last expression will be found to be nearly identical with the terms used by Forster, in speaking 

 jf another island of the same group." 



" The Andaman islanders, from the concurrent accounts, may be referred to the Negrillo race, which 

 seems also to be present in the Malayan Peninsula, if not in Sumatra. On the other hand, Dr. Dickenson 

 heard nothing of Negrilloes in Borneo ; they appear to be equally absent from Celebes and Mindanao, 

 where the interior is occupied by Harafora tribes, and from Java, where the population is comparatively 

 advanced. Indeed, the geographical distribution sufficiently indicates that the Negrillo race once occupied more 

 s~»ace than it does at this time, and that in many instances it has preceded the dissemination of other races." 



