odour. The ntimber of tlie savagps in 

 the Peiiniisula umi «Oiirt*.el)' lie estliiiatcd 

 cren approximately ; fur we can scarce- 

 Jy trust Uie opinions which llic Ma- 

 lays and sava!^csthcmselire& i:iui ^ivc. 

 My **^D rtp'wm y, that tlic ijumher 

 of snvagc^^ in the Petiitisula ia from 

 clgljl tliuuisaiid tsi ten thqueanU. The 

 DUcnbct of Mantras dtics twt a[){iear 

 to iiie to exceed !3,000. — thin is ntvcr- 

 Uiekss^ one uf the must numerous; 

 tribes* TluH fif^iirf>j however simail, 

 Cikatiot fitii tt> be diiiihitbheil ifoth''!' 

 or mure faro urabli cireunistanccs 

 not coDie to the ^yeeour of tiicisc races. 



The inie ckmcut uf ramj isi Society, 

 The life of the savage, ui wl^ieh sonie 

 philoisapUerH have wished to briirg 

 baek iiiauki/idj mid the age oi gold so 

 bua^lted by th* PoefiJ, are* iii reaJityj 

 iiotbiiiff hat eonditbris of misery, 

 imbcciHty aud stupidity* 



The* Mantra tribe being tl>e first 

 ealled to the knowledf;e of lue GospeK 

 1 wiii more cxcluiiivcly ^peak of them. 

 It h the one of oJI others I Imve 

 studied r/ith the most C3rej™the oidy 

 one^i or neatly the onJy ouc, I ha^e in- 

 terrogated regai'dhi^ their beliefs and 

 their traditmni^* Let u!^ ^jpcuk, thcn^ in 

 the first ^dadC of the origiu of thefie 

 sava<;cs, and let us hear what they 

 Ihemaeli'sa teU U3 regarding; It. The 

 origin of the snva^cs of the Malay 

 PeninsulBji like thatuf nearly all other 

 people whieh is not based upon the 



