ABSTRACT
Schebesta has a good deal to say about Negrito methods of walking. He remarks that “even when heavily loaded he strides forward undeterred, as though unconscious of his burden”. Elsewhere he writes that the Negrito, when carrying a load in a back-basket, “walks in a stooping position to ease the pull on his shoulders”. Schebesta considers Negrito sight extraordinarily powerful, because they could see birds, fruit or edible plants in the jungle, where he could see nothing. It suspect, however, that this was partly due to the Negritos knowing for what they were looking, their eyes being, of course, accustomed to searching for such things. Schebesta describes the most northerly Negritos, his Tonga, of the Trang-Patalung Range as being of pronounced Negrito type, with childish face, broad triangular nose, deeply depressed at its root, wide-open eyes, woolly hair that is closely curled, small stature and chocolate-brown skin.
