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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER VII, 
AHETAS, OR NEGRITOS OP THE PHILIPPINES.' 
Distribution of the Ahetas in the Philippines — Account* of Early 
Voyagers— Nftture of the Country^ — Physical Characteri sires of the 
Ahetas — Food — Habits — Singular Practice — Xostalgfia or Home- 
sickness — ^Individuals Residiwg with tlie Foreign Settlers— de 
la Gironiere's Visit to a Mountain Trihe — First Introduction — 
Personal Ai(peanince — Habits— Worjihip — Customs on the Death of 
one of their Tribe— Motie of Courtship— Respect for Old Age— Style 
of Language — Poisoned Arrows — ^Agility of the Ahetaa , 121 
CHAPTEE VIIL 
MINDORO, NEGROS, MIXDANAO, SULU AND BORNEO, 
Mrndoroj Varieties of Race — The Bangans—FYiendly Relations with the 
Brown Tribes— Negros ; Habit* of the Woolly-Haired TriheS — 
Mindanao — Suln ; The Island fonnerly owupied exclusively by 
Papuans — Descent of the Reigning Family from a Papuan Chief- 
Present Condition — Borneo ; Supposed Non.Existence of Papuan 
Trilies in the Interior- Woolly-Haired Trilre in the Mountains of the 
East Ccfast— Mr, DaUou*a Description of a Wild Race— Dutch 
Authorities on the Existence of Papuans in Borneo , 13/ 
CHAPTER IX. 
THE SEMANGS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA, 
Wild Tribes of the Malay Petdnsula — Mr. Anderson's Account of the 
Semang^- Distinction of Tribes — Habits — Food— Skill in the Chase 
—Elophant and Rhinoceros Hunting— Mode of Bestowing Names on 
