A NEGRITO "HOUSE AND FAMILY 



These shelters are inclined toward the sun or wind and vary in size from four feet by 

 five to eight by six. This photograph was taken on the northeast coast of Luzon (see 

 page 841). 



calm the long Pacific swell breaks on the 

 edge of this reef in such a manner as to 

 make landing quite impossible. 



Although it had been claimed that 

 there were no ports for anything bigger 

 than native dugouts, we found several 

 fairly good small harbors, none of which 

 were shown on the chart. Indeed, long 

 stretches of the coast-line proved to be 

 10 to 15 miles out of place. We were 

 able to land in these harbors, as well as 

 at several other points where small fresh- 

 water streams had prevented the growth 

 of coral, so that there were passages 

 through the reef to the sea. The ap- 

 proach of our steamer caused conster- 

 nation among the Negritos, and we 

 could plainl}^ see them abandoning their 

 "houses" in all haste and running for the 

 jungle, where they remained in hiding in 

 spite of all our efforts to get into com- 

 munication with them (see page 836). 



We did not attempt closely to approach 

 their hiding places, as they are the bow- 

 and-arrow men of the Philippines, and 



use their chosen weapons with extra- 

 ordinary skill. They smear their arrows 

 with an especially deadly poison, and the 

 civilized Filipinos who inhabit the out- 

 skirts of their territory are agreed that 

 a mere scratch from such an arrow is 

 promptly fatal (see page 844). 



Not until we reached the immediate 

 vicinity of Palanan, the northernmost 

 Filipino settlement on the east coast of 

 Luzon, did we succeed in getting into 

 actual touch with these interesting and 

 very primitive people. I had previously 

 been among Negritos in the islands of 

 Mindanao, Negros, Panay, and Palawan, 

 and in the provinces of Bataan, Zam- 

 bales, Pampanga, Rizal, Bulacan, Pan- 

 gasinan, Isabela, and Cagayn in Luzon. 

 Indeed, I had visited every important 

 region in the Philippine Islands inhabited 

 by Negritos. None of the people of this 

 race hitherto encountered by me were 

 head-hunters ; but there is no doubt that 

 the representatives of this tribe which 

 now inhabit northeastern Luzon engage 



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