. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . s we passed thereby in themorning) on the ground that she had oncebefore performed the same kind office fora bear-cub. Or the Malay wise-woman,who, at a great medicine-business in Patani,whirled her head round in the fury of thedance until indeed, as she boasted, she made a cart-wheel of her hair. Or thewoman of the West coast, who, singing weirdchants the while, made the sheaf of areca-blossom or the wasp-waisted fish-trapdance in our presence as if possessed. Orshe for whose sake Che Dris ran
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . s we passed thereby in themorning) on the ground that she had oncebefore performed the same kind office fora bear-cub. Or the Malay wise-woman,who, at a great medicine-business in Patani,whirled her head round in the fury of thedance until indeed, as she boasted, she made a cart-wheel of her hair. Or thewoman of the West coast, who, singing weirdchants the while, made the sheaf of areca-blossom or the wasp-waisted fish-trapdance in our presence as if possessed. Orshe for whose sake Che Dris ran amok,slaying man, woman, and child in indis-criminating fury, until struck down. Or theEast coast woman who, startled by theglimpse of a large snake that we were carry-ing, fell incontinently into weird imitationof the reptiles writhing, a victim to thestrange hysterical affection of the nervesknown to the Malays as latah, which com-pels those who suiter from it, while fullyconscious of the absurdity of their acts,to imitate the actions or the movements ofthe object that caused their fright. 26. Jiy /f)?_}/!jSMoii 0/ Way DfJ>L, Bureau o/ huiUar Aj^au-i, TYPES OF VISAYAN GIRLS. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS By N. W. THOMAS Origin of the Race—-Negrito Aids to Beauty—Marriage Customs of the Aetas—^Head-hunters—Womens Work—-Igorot Music and Dancers—Ilongot Ghastly Bridal Presents—The ^Magindanao—Mandaya Women the Beauties of the Island—The Cuyonos—Curious Beauty Aids—SecretMarriages Customary—Plurality of Husbands and Wives—Strange Ornaments and Customs THE inhabitants of the Philippine Islandsare a very mixed lot. It is probablysafe to say that the oldest element inthe population is the Negrito, kno\\-n underthe name of Aeta {, black), and found inthe interior of Luzon, in Norththe Race. Mindanao and elsewhere. Super-posed on this is an older Malaystratum, and on this, again, a younger Malaystratum which shows strong traces of Hinduinfluence. The
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