THE EASTErtX ARCHIPELAGO. HO 



Philippine Group i Tagalu*, Bi»y«, and others of the Philip- 

 pine, the natives of Palawan :uul the Ktiht Tlhrorlt, 



In all these the distinctly Malay pbysiccd typo deeidedly predominate*. 

 Tln-j ii v. ]int, hmvi:vrj\ Us It re^ai k I ;n •■n'< i ■" • n'-r. m) 'It - 

 it n 3 1 > - plopiT, lml Hither m independent Iil'iilldjes of tin: QQtninoil Malay 

 stock" J"he Javanese croup etoieciiilly boasts ji far older and fur holier 

 civilisation even thnn that of the McJiar^kahati Malays. Although DOW 

 m-Mitlv .MhIiohi inwlans, they had jiI ready adopted whim- form of Hinduism, 

 p:r,l, ilily three ur four OBtttOlSM before the new urn, and under ltidian 

 influence* had developed n very advanced state of outturn nearly two 

 thoUMitid years ago, that is, at ft lime wheu the oldest of the Onrng 

 U il::vu wetti still littlu nmoTwl from tbo savage state* Under a com- 

 |j K- 1 • ly «i|;y;iiiiis'-i| idtlnm^h desp..1 b« gin-i-niim-iit, thv nits of |i«U"e ami war 

 wrre hrought to consul e ml >]■■ j»iJ'irtioii, and Hi© native* of Java liecamo 

 fahotll throughout the East .1$ iiemmpliahed nmaintuisi and worker* in 

 gold, iron, and roppor, none of which metal h were found in the island 

 itself. They ]»rvHM!flMdil regular cakmlur with mitmuoiiiienl emu, and a 

 uji i:i< ii] literature, in which, however, history wo* inextricably ldendad 

 with romance, rlrotizt* and Ktono iiiscriptiuiiaiu the Kuwi, or old Javanese, 

 lun^augc. f»till survive from the 11th or 13th century, and to the wime dates 

 umv In- i"f'-i llie vnal rntlis of Bramkmiili and the stupendous Utopia 

 of DOXO-bttdctf ill tlici oatiM of the isliuid, Thum are no statues of Hindu 

 divitiilics in Una temple, I mi many are found in its immediate vicinity, 

 and, from the various nrchieidogtenl objects collected in this disc rict, mid. 

 illustrated liv A. H. Meyer of Dresden', it is evident Hint lmih thr Hndd- 

 his I .nid Itnihiuiuicnl forms of lliodiuMii w. o im reduced at an early date, 

 lim all came lo an end Uy the ovurlhrow of tin? chief Hindu f>ois-er in 

 147S, after which event IhIiiiii rapidly spread over the whole of Java and 

 Madura, llrahmiiiism, however, still holds its ground in Tali and Loin- 

 boh, the but strothdudds of Hinduism in the Eastern Aiehiiielagy. 

 From the Malayan groups must carefully ho difitingiiishcd— 



The Indonesians) win i, nllhoii-h u-tiulh |n-d wit 1m lie Muhiy 



hruii' h of the yellow Mongol ie division of mankind, present rather 

 the I'nir or light brown complexion ami regular features criunieter- 

 islie of the Ounejude nw<. Ku.di jiti- lln; Batluk in North Sumatra ; 

 the Kul-H" jiii'I Pas^umah* in t'eTitnil and South Smuatrvi ; the Ment- 

 uwey JslandeiN, west eonat of Sunuitra ; the Huliidupiev of North 

 Borneo ; jirolmldy must >d* the indigenous inluihitiuits nf Celebes ; the 

 t!;il«-l.»- <•! X ■ ■ 1-1 1 1 JiMo ; ninny <«f the nntivea of Bum. Cenim, Snvn, 

 and Kotii : sniiu'oi' the Philippine Inlander*. and the MHl-haired rom* 

 muuilv rei.euily met hy 11. (X Forbes in East Timor. They are 

 everywhere found in the more iiun.i:e»ib]i' districts Jiml mrupy tx 

 uniformly lower state of culture tlmn the ll&bjtysj whom they appear 

 to luive preceded in the az<chipe3ag0* Hence the term +t Pre-Malny " 

 npplivol to them hy Dr. Haniy, alllmugli 14 IndoneRian," on'^inftllj 

 ftUggesled' in a wiiimwlmt dill. rroc .-« u : -<- Uy Li^an. .-I'riris to lie a 



