. The history of mankind . ents, arethe Vikings of these seas,and their traces are foundalmost without exception inthe islands. Like themwere the Sikas of Borneoand the Wajus of genuine Malays, evenwhen they had acquiredsettled dwelling-places, tookto a sea life by inclina-tion. Fishery, trade, and piracy are among their favourite occupations, their agriculture is imperfect, andif there ever were pastoral races among them there are none now. A survey of all these influences makes it impossible to avoid the convictionthat, however homogeneous the population may be on the surface, we
. The history of mankind . ents, arethe Vikings of these seas,and their traces are foundalmost without exception inthe islands. Like themwere the Sikas of Borneoand the Wajus of genuine Malays, evenwhen they had acquiredsettled dwelling-places, tookto a sea life by inclina-tion. Fishery, trade, and piracy are among their favourite occupations, their agriculture is imperfect, andif there ever were pastoral races among them there are none now. A survey of all these influences makes it impossible to avoid the convictionthat, however homogeneous the population may be on the surface, we must, inconsidering it, assume repeated mixtures. This consideration is necessary, nottheoretical, and is always gaining in force. Thus we have like and unlike elementsconstantly permeating each other, and as the result, a progressive wearing downof differences. Further, racial divergences in two directions have been due to social and regular labour stamps particular peoples with the traits of civilization. A Battak of Sumatra. (From a photograph. 396 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND almost to the point of malformation. Thus the Milanos of Borneo are far inferiorto the Malays in stature and in regularity of feature. They are light-coloured,but the tint is often unhealthy. Passing their whole lives in treading or pressingsago from the pith of the palm, they get broad feet; they are thick-set and Javanese and Madurese, highly cultivated, and exposed for centuries toIndian, Chinese, and European influences, are of a more elegant and dignified build than their the Orang-laut, themaritime Malay of thepeninsula, who spend mostof their existence on thewater, should be dark-coloured, is but and mountain tribesare changed by their wild,penurious, irregular too, the Lubus, theUtos, and to some extentthe Bajus, also the varioustribes of the Philippines,whom the Spaniards incor-rectly lump together underthe name of Igorrotes, are
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