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lands join these hill people, preferring the life of the latter to that 

 of their fellows in the plains. 



The Negritos in Camarines are to be found both in Camarines Sur 

 and Camarines Norte. In Camarines Sur a few Negritos live near 

 Payatan on the slope of Mount Isarog. Here scattered about they 

 dwell in rude shelters in the forests. They work for their Filipino 

 neighbors. They are typical Negritos, apparently without admixture 

 of other blood. 



Near the town of Iriga there is a settlement of about 68 people of 

 mixed Negrito and Malayan blood. Some have almost kinky hair and 

 others hair almost straight. I saw no one at this settlement who ap- 

 peared to be of pure Negrito blood, although. in Iriga itself are some 

 10 or 15 Negritos who are said to be practically slaves and who are 

 not allowed to leave their masters. They do, however, occasionally escape. 



In Camarines Norte on the other hand are many pure Negritos, 

 although how many I am unable to say. There is one group near the 

 barrio of Batobelani and there is at least one other group near Eagay 

 on the west coast of Camarines. These Negritos do a little farming 

 on their own account, but they more often work for the Christian Fili- 

 pinos planting and harvesting crops. When they come into the Christian 

 settlements the women and some of the men wear the ordinary Filipino 

 costume. Others of the men wear only the customary loin cloth. The 

 shelters in which they live are often the simplest possible, consisting 

 of a rough floor and a roof of leaves. (Plates II, IV, V.) 



It seems to be a rare thing with them to intermarry with the Christian 

 Filipino. All whom I saw in Camarines Norte looked like pure Negri- 

 tos with no admixture of other blood. In all probabiKty prejudice 

 against marriage with the Negritos has increased with the coming of 

 Christianity. If this be true most of the blending of the Negrito and 

 Filipino blood which has occurred here took place many years ago. 



There are probably several hundred Negritos in Camarines Norte. 

 I suspect most of them have come to be dependent to some extent on 

 the Christian Filipinos and, therefore, live near them. They are a 

 mild-mannered, inoffensive people, but I did not see enough of them 

 to learn much about their mode of life. 



They are typical Negritos. They are short of stature, have dark 

 skin, closely curled hair, and flat noses. When they are of pure blood 

 there is never any possibility in the Philippines of mistaking them 

 for any other people. 



With the exception of the Negritos, the Dumagat people, and those 

 living about Mounts Isarog and Iriga all the other inhabitants of 

 Camarines I believe to be Bikol, with some Tagalogs in the north and 

 a few individuals from other parts of the Philippines scattered aboiit 

 here and there. 



