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CHAPTER III. 



INHABITANTS— -THE NEGRITOES, SAM-SAHS, AND MALAYS— RLT.IGJON — 



I.AM! U AO K, 



The Negritoes, — Apart fnmi the Chinese, Klings ( Indiana), and 

 other recent settlers, the inlmbitiints -uf the PeniitHuln. lu'lmig to dime 

 distinct ethnic*] slocks— the NKOttiTO, TAt or Siamese, auil Malay, 

 The Negritoes, new reduced to a few frogmen tary groups scatUrud 

 ovit the more inaccessible parts of the interior, represent the true 

 aboriginal element, and appear to belong to the- gome primitive type 

 an the so-called "Mincopiea" of the Andaman Inlands, and the 

 Acta* of the Philippine Archipelago. Their presence in the penin- 

 sula, long doabtx-d by ethnologist*, fall been fully continued hy 

 the researches of ilikJukho-Maclny, ami olher recent explorer*** 

 North of the r<irak they are kiimm by the name of ifemanff 

 (Samattfj). simlh of that river hy that of Atffort, and south of Malacca 

 as Orang /fendo, or" Men of the Soil/ At the aime tnnc t thcfle arid 

 other terms, such as tho local I3esi*i and the more comprehensive 

 Mentnuare Applied by the oivilieed Malaya somewhat vaguely to nil 

 the wild trilxjs of the interior, whether of Xegrito or Malay origin. 

 Nor ik thin H[ir]>rlning, seeing Mint the two r rices theniHelvcs, who 

 Si.ivr hn-'i in conUiet J'yr agi*H, have boOODM ItT^ lv into ininyh-d and 

 agn imitated in appearance, customs, and even in speech. w Purely an* 

 thropologicul observations, 1 ' remarks tliklukho-MacUy, '' lead me to 

 accent the supposition of a Melanesia!! [Negrito] element, a remnant 

 of the original race, which through intermixture with the Malays ia 

 being more and more supplanted* In the mountains of Paining and 

 Kclantai^as f nr ae Ssnggora nod Ligor.I have discovered a Melanesia u 

 population. This [teuplo undoubtedly belongs to the Mclaneaiiin 

 stock" (Ift/tnotopkat Excursion in Jvhor). All the Negrito tribe* 

 uro in an i-stivini- low mate of culture, holding aloof from tho settled 

 populations, living entirely on thu chime, and pursuing the game 

 with poisoned arrown. 



The Siamese and Sam-Sams, — Exduding the Negrito element, 

 iiiNiguilifJiuf nuiLU'ric'rilly, mid withuut social or political influence of 

 any kind, tin: whole of the Peninsiih is occupied hy (be Siatucso 

 and Malay races. The former, intruders from ftiam in comparatively 

 recent time*, bold the northern diviaiun as far south as the border* 



