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PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



Negrillo children are sometimes caught and held in slavery ; but 

 when " they attain the age at which the Spanish laws set them free, 

 they, with but a single known exception, return to the woods." 



After some inquiry, a Negrillo slave-girl was found at Manila ; 

 who in physical race, was identified by Mr. Drayton with the Ara- 

 manga lad. I was absent at the time in the Interior; and I did not 

 meet with any of the Negrilloes of the Philippines. 



At the mission of Mayjayjay, Father Aranda communicated the 

 unexpected intelligence: that " the Negrilloes of Luzon do not pos- 

 sess a peculiar language, but use the Tagala ; that they have houses 

 and villages; and that individuals will sometimes come into the settle- 

 ments and labour for a few days, until they have earned some trilling 

 sum ; when they will again retire to the mountains." 



s o o L o o. 



I saw a Negrillo at the capital of Sooloo ; a young man, who was 

 probably a native of the island ; and who bore the marks of mixed 

 descent. 



According to Hunt, the aboriginal Negrilloes were on a former 

 occasion " chiefly instrumental in driving out the Spaniards. They 

 hold the mandates of the Sultan in high respect ; and continue on 

 friendly terms, while the other Interior people are at open war with 

 him : and," what I have never heard of any other branch of the 

 race, " they are converts to Islamism." 



OTHER NEGRILLOES. 



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 

 space than it does at this time ; and that in many instances it has 

 preceded the dissemination of other races. 



