ABSTRACT
In writing about one of the pagan races of the Malay Peninsula, the Negritos, it is perhaps necessary to give a short sketch of the country in general, so that it may be seen how these primitive people fit into the picture. The dart-quiver worn by the second man from the left is of the type made by the Negrito-Sakai of the trans-Perak River hills. North of the Sakai are found the Negritos, formerly commonly called Semang and Pangan by some writers. Many groups are of mixed origin, the mixture occasionally including all three elements, especially in parts of Pahang, where, among tribes speaking Sakai dialects, but with Malayan physical characters generally dominant, individuals are sometimes encountered who have obviously a considerable strain of Negrito blood in them. In the mountainous regions of Upper Perak, too, the inhabitants are of mixed Negrito-Sakai type, though their dialect and culture are Sakai.
