KEGROS — IkllNDANAO. 
141 
Bohol, and Zebuj, the two former arc tlie only islands in 
which Negrito tribes exist at the preseat day ; and even 
as regards Panay, the fact must be considered doubtful. 
Negros, however, containa a considerable Negrito popu- 
lation, the crest of the mountain range, which extends 
throughout the length of the island, a distance of ooe 
hundred and twenty mdles, being almost exclosively 
occupied by scattercd tribes. They sometimea molest 
travellers when crossing the Sierra from one side of the 
island to the other ; but as the Igorrotes, or brown tribes, 
are equally troublesome in this respect, the interruptions 
may be owing to temporary causes, in which the strangers 
may themselves have taken the initiative. Certainly the 
Negritos have made a few steps in advance of the savage 
state, as they exchange the produce of the forests, chiefly 
wax and deers' horns, with the people of the coast, from 
whom they obtain chopping-kiiivcs and tobacco. 
Mindanao. — The interior of this large island is said to 
be inhabited by many smalJ tribes of Eapuans ; but those 
only who reside near the north coast, where there are 
several Spanish settlements, are known to Europeans. 
The chief tribes of the north are called respectively 
Dumagas, Tagabaloys Malanos, and Manahos, but very 
little is known concerning them, except that, in common 
with the other moimtain Papuans of Mindanao, they are 
comparatively inoffensive. 
StJLU. — Some parts of the interior of Suln, the largest 
island of this group, are occupied by Papuans who appear 
to be fui-ther advanced than any other mountain tribe of 
this race to he found in the Indian Archipelago ; but the 
recent information that baa been obtained respecting them, 
