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base. They fitted into a series of cane tubes, one dart in each tube, which 
were tied together by a string twisted round each, a short distance from one 
end. The series was coiled in an upright position in the quiver. The Ha mi 
denied that they made or used bows and arrows. 
One of the party possessed a piece of flint and the tip of a broken knife, 
by means of which fire was produced. They denied that they could make fire 
in any other way. The flint and steel had, of course, been obtained from a 
Malay. The woman carried on her back a basket similar to those used by the 
wild tribes of Perak and Selangor. 
The Hami appear to construct huts, or rather shelters, of two distinct 
types, one of which is essentially the same as that used by all races of the 
Peninsula when travelling in the jungle. It consists of a small platform, usually 
not more than four feet long and eighteen inches broad, and formed of sticks 
raised at one end about nine inches from the ground, on which they rest at the 
other. They are supported on another stick running at right angles beneath 
them, and resting at either end on a V-shaped stake. Behind this a few more 
sticks are planted so as to lean over the platform, forming a frame for a screen 
of roughly interlaced leaves. In one shelter that we saw the leaves were those 
of a large gingerwort. This kind of shelter is used by unmarried youths and 
when on the march. In the jungle near Mabek we came upon what was said 
to be the home of a married couple. It consisted of a rude beehive hut built 
of palm leaves supported on rough sticks, and was about six feet in diameter 
and four feet high In the centre. Inside there was a platform resembling that 
of the other type. The entrance, which appeared to have been a mere hole in 
one side, had been blocked up with leaves. Possibly this was a grave. 
We did not succeed in meeting living individuals of the Semangs on the 
borders of Rhaman, but we obtained some information regarding them in this 
district. The ruins of a camp were seen, consisting of fifteen shelters of the 
ruder type made by the Hami. They were arranged in a circle round a tree 
growing in the deep jungle on the top of a small hill, and were rather larger 
than the one described ; several of them had smaller and lower structures 
beside them, probably for the use of children. 
Beneath the tree there was a grave, which had consisted of a shallow hole 
of roughly circular shape. Apparently the earth had not been filled in over 
the body, but a covering of palm leaves had been supported on posts above 
it. The bones had been almost entirely devoured by termites, but the hair, 
which was several inches in length, was well preserved. A cavity, where the 
skull had rested, was filled with the pupal cases of flies. Another grave, that 
of a small child, was investigated, a few miles from the village of Tanjong 
