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What Wilkinson says was reflected in my first experiences with the Negritos of Lenggong, Upper Perak:

Each Negrito group, though shifts of camp are frequent, has its own recognized beat or territory and does not, as a general rule, move outside this, though individuals, or even a number of individuals, may pay visits to other tribes. The fact that Malays, or others, may live within the territory may be a nuisance to the Negritos, but does not affect their ideas, or movements, unless, of course, all the jungle has been felled and they have thus nowhere to camp, dig for tubers or hunt. Moreover, Schebesta mentions that the durian trees, which are to be found here and there in the jungle where seeds of the fruit have been ejected and the resulting seedlings have survived, are regarded as being the property of individual members of the group. He illustrates this personal ownership of trees as follows:

Each Negrito tribe has a name for itself, and not only that but other tribes may have different names for it. The existence of tribal names has been known for many years. It was surprising, therefore, when a paper by Schebesta appeared in Man in 19272 in which he made the assertion that none of his forerunners in Negrito research had discovered any tribal names, such in fact existing and being in general use. In a subsequent number of Man3 I controverted this statement, pointing out, giving chapter and verse, that I had noted a number of such names and that he would find them in a' book and in various papers with which I had supplied him when he first came to Malaya. Moreover, though I had noted a number of tribal names, more than previous workers among the Negritos,4 yet I, too, had predecessors in this matter. No reply to my paper appeared.