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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
present, to lessen their actual numbers. Wholesale destruction of the jungle 
must do so, if it ever takes place on the main range of the Peninsula ; but, as 
far as can be seen, this is an unlikely contingency. Intercourse with Chinese 
and other races, however, will undoubtedly tend to destroy the purity of their 
blood, and it is probable that the wild tribes will be gradually absorbed into the 
mixed racial type that is now being evolved in the Federated Malay States. 
The Sakais of Batang Padang call themselves, as a race, Mai Dardt, which 
means * Men of the Country.* They consider the name Sakai insulting, and 
Malays only use it in their absence, calling them Orang Dirat in conversation 
—a name which is the exact equivalent of their own term. It must be noted, 
however, that in some parts of the Malay Peninsula, for instance, in Patani, 
orang dirat means 1 countrymen * as opposed to men of the towns and larger 
villages. 
The Mai Darat are far more variable in type than the Semangs, but hardly 
more so than the Sakai tribes of Upper Perak. Speaking generally, they are 
fairer than either, for a considerable proportion of them have yellower skins 
than the Malays of their district, while some approach a Hylam Chinaman in 
complexion. A point in which they notably differ from the Semangs is that 
their faces are, as a rule, paler than their bodies, even than those parts which 
are more or less protected. In some individuals this peculiarity is very 
marked. The skin of infants is paler in comparison with that of adults than 
in the case of Malays. Their features are more delicate, and at the same time 
less infantile, than those of the Semangs, and many of the young men and 
women are good-looking, even from a European standpoint. In the case of 
the thirty-seven persons examined, the epicanthus was absent in fifteen 
individuals, very slightly developed in eight, rather more so in four j in two 
it covered rather less than a half of the caruncle, in seven between a half and 
two-thirds, and in one more than two-thirds. The colour of the eyes was 
generally black, but in a few cases reddish-brown. The noses were, with a 
few exceptions, negroid in outline, with broad alae ; but two types could be 
distinguished, one almost devoid of a definite bridge and the other in which it 
was well defined. As a general rule the lips were thinner than those of the 
Semang, being certainly no thicker than those of the Malayo-Siamese. The 
faces were broad, rather more arched than those of the Malays of the district, 
and pointed towards the chin. Prognathism was often absent, never excessive, 
but frequently present. 
In most cases all hair had been artificially removed from the face by 
means of forceps, but it would evidently have been scanty in practically all 
cases. There was but little hair on any part of the body, except the pubes, 
