10. The Theory of Souls among the Malays of the 
alay Peninsula. 
By N. Annanpatz, D.Sc. 
ficient clearness. As it seems that even those who have des- 
cribed and discussed the religion of primitive tribes in the most 
profound and detailed manner have often neglected to satisfy 
themselvesas to what their informants meant by the words 
it 
as men, resembling all mankind in their fundamental concep- 
tions. My remarks will refer in particular to the Malays of the 
Peninsula to which they have given a name; but the beliefs of 
this section of the race—if the M ays can be called a race— 
in reading. Many of its premises have not been recorde ; 
although occasionally they may be deduced from the statements 
of travellers; Mr. W. W. Skeat’s Malay Magic is often our 
uide, and excellent as this treatise is, one wishes that 
of accuracy which clings to their forms. It is easy to say 
