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Negrito, the Sakai, of suggested Dravidian ancestry, and the Jakun, 

 or aboriginal Malay. They dif¥er principally in head kmn, physiog- 

 nomy, and nature of the hair. The Semang are meso- to brachy- 

 cephalic, with woolly hair, and features approaching, in a number of 

 particulars, the negro; the Sakai are dolichocephalic, with wavy hair 

 and finer features; the Jakun are brachy cephalic, with straight hair 

 and with the features of the Malay in general. All are short in stature, 

 but the Semang are the smallest. In color the Semang are chocolate- 

 brown to black, the Sakai and Jakun ranging from brown to yellowish. 

 Both the Sakai and Jakun show numerous instances of admixture with 

 the Negrito. 



The chapters on the foods and mode of life of the individual 

 tribes are valuable; but the diseases of the peo])le, their environment, 

 and especially their physiology are far from being treated adequately. 

 The total number of the 'pagan' aboriginies of the j\Ialay Peninsula 

 appears to be no more than 35,000 or 40,000. 



For the mass of details concerning the habits, religion, folk-lore and 

 language of the tribes the reader must be referred to the original. 



The book as a whole will not be found easy reading. This is partly 

 due to its plan, including several appendices, partly to the many native 

 names, and in some degree to the style of the authors. More tabula- 

 tion would have been of help. However, the work must be regarded 



every .student of that region. For this purpose, luiwever, a more 

 copious in<lex, and page references instead of ti.e o<r:.sio,w,l "will l,e 

 found in another part of the work/' wouM have l.ee„ de^irahle. 



The illustrations are not alwiivs sal isfaetory. Then- are a nuiiil)er 

 of photographs that show but little, and a few (r. r/. the "Kedah- 

 Raman," "Kedah," superior plane of the Semang skull, the "Semang 

 of Grit," the "Sakai at G. Kerbu," the "Group of Ulu Jelai Sakai") 

 which are wholly useless, being out of focus. It is not easy to see what 

 was the object of the authors or publishers in including these pictures 



A. Hrdlicka 



Growth of Parisian Children.' The paper presents the results of 



' Tal.les ,lo cvuissanrv <l<-s ciifants I'ansiens ,le I a Hi ans. I'ar .\I.M. \ ariot 

 et Chaumet. Jiull. Mein. .Soc. d Anthrop. Paris, Vme 8er., Ml, No. 2, pp. 

 .51-65. 



