THE EASTERN ARC II 1 PEL At j 0 . 161 



fjtlitir tribe? f especially in Luzon, who differ greatly in pliystcjU 

 appearance, usages language, and general culture. Thus white the 

 T nonius ami liiisnyrina p^^wj-siM-'il u knowledge of letter*, and rus« to 

 a certain degrue of civilisation in comparatively reunite times, the 

 cruel ami fonnuuiM Jlt»nt>tUx <d rim Ointhnll.i lii^litjiml^ Luzon, 

 arc dcsi-rihod ns J he Timst degraded of beings,, destitute of all the 

 finer seniitucnts of humanity, and incapable of any generous act. 



1 n Luzon there arfi Tin Iws* than fi fUien, and in the whole Archipelago some 

 forty Iniiguugi-.s, often presenting j>rf ■Imni.i ilitTsrencea, although nltmmifly 

 reducible (•» tliei common M.ihyo-lNilyi>r.si:iri nUn-k. Tfi-i r.nlti vntrd Ta^.ila 

 nru] |!i-.iy.nj an- I.lt ml- «n- highly i3 i»^i-]o| m-3 (ban either the Malay or 

 Polynesian proper, and have evolved many mirious and intricate forms of 

 ■pet'ch, which aeem to plane iWtu in an intermediate stale between tha 

 agglutinating and i orienting linguislir Families. This surprising divvtbity 

 ii tyv — mid Uiitfuiige* must |n< nit rihu led partly In the long isolation of 

 the Philippine*, inti-sO'il itlso hy t lieir animal ami vegetable forum, partly 

 to the freouuui ctniturt with Asiatic* ami ottter people* to which tlua 

 group Usui been exposed from prehistoric times, ami portly to lEit oi niix turo 

 with ilia Negritoes already in pos*e*siou of The whole Archipelago he fore 

 the arrival of the first Malay intruders). The endless variety of races 

 resulting frtuo all ihejw CttpM ii wrll illustrated hy the * Album of 

 Philippine TyjMia' ianied in 1 hy Dr. A. I!. Meyer of .Dresden, and 

 containing ahrmt fignms showing every Fshada of transition from I he 

 pure ami half-caste Negrito and Malay to the 1 1 jspauo- Malayan Mestizo, 



A peetitinrit v of these populations i - i In- resistance tiny- haVu oFFered to 

 the spread oflslani, contrasting in this reapee.1 with their susce j il • l I i f y to 

 Christian itiHneiices. Of the total population nhoiit live and n half millions 

 are classed aa ** reduced," thu majority of whom are members of the human 

 Caihohr * liM' li Mil'-.-.r in tli'- ^ j-nnis-h Government, leaving hcarceh iii'-r- 

 than fl00,CK10 Negritoes, Chinese, and loarrittes, a term comnioidv applied 

 colli i lively to the pagan mid uncivilised Malay tribes, iu contradifttinclion 

 to the, ilotes, or native Christians. The Christianity, however, of these 

 Ihitea i» often purely formal, a merr outward cluak, beneath which heathen 

 rites ami thw lower |i!ia.<i-4 of IbunaiiiMu nn^t us t>u enrnmon prnurnl. 



The* Titmarka do not apply to the EtfUtii of the Suhi Archipelapn. who 

 are of purer Malay di-.wenl, altlioit^h also \o Nome extent alfected by 

 Chine* ami peihiipa A rah eh'tnentB. All are iealimn Mohamnuuhion, and 

 were till re-.-eiilly trntf rimin ei.irsiiirs, a l-rrnr in tin- morn j«eacefnt mn faring 

 populations of tho China Sea, Hut ainee the rpductimi of this gnmp by 

 tl in Spaiu:irds in ]>7o, lii^-ir piraticul c sprdittona havo almowt entirely 



• i 3, while the Pnhia long settled in North Horneo have nioatlv hcooniu 



orderly ISritinh auhject* f souiL'what indolent and re«tle«ij hut on tT^ie whole 

 ' 1 well ' IjuhaVKtl, eutirtcomi, and intelligent" <W. B. Pryer). Palawan 

 i T HEfltfaa) also is partly inhabited by heathen Malaya, tJie ta^hanuaa, and 

 ItnitunoB, who nave 'ninny fealure* in common with the Mohammedan 

 Malays of Mindanao. Farther north and in the m i^hliouriug Calatnianes 

 group live the Bnlalacaunos. a ruder people, wliou,e ikijiiiline nose, crisp or 

 wavy hair, and somewhat full beard, sei«arnte tluni from the Malay Block, 

 and affiliate then) prohably to tin- Cnhhis ami i»tlwr Indojh'-sinn-. of thu 



u 



