. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. m, they are nowat least the equals of the Javanese. European fabrics are largely usedfor dress, and the women weave cotton and silk textiles of high men wear trousers and a shirt; the womens dress is shown in ourengraving. Some of the tribes are still wild and unsubdued, living byhunting wild pigs and game, and on yams and sweet potatoes. The Negrito tribes of the
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. m, they are nowat least the equals of the Javanese. European fabrics are largely usedfor dress, and the women weave cotton and silk textiles of high men wear trousers and a shirt; the womens dress is shown in ourengraving. Some of the tribes are still wild and unsubdued, living byhunting wild pigs and game, and on yams and sweet potatoes. The Negrito tribes of the Philippines are the Aetas, found in manyislands, but not now numbering more than 25,000. In many respectsthey resemble negroes, having frizzly hair and small flattenednoses; but they are a much smaller race, the men not averag-ing more than four feet eight inches in height. They are very nomadic,and eat game and wild vegetable food ; but they possess dogs as domesticanimals. The bow and poisoned arrows are their chief weapons. Theirlegs are thin, with scarcely any calf, and their toes have great prehensilepower. They are believed to be related to the Andaman Islanders andthe Negrito tribes of the Malay
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