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Aryans, are often so dark as to be practically black. The Sakais are, however, it is now generally held, kinsmen of their Negrito neighbours, the Semangs (q.v.), and are, like the latter, dwarfish, seldom exceeding 4 ft. 9 in. Their skins are usually a darkish brown, but showing a reddish tinge about the See also:

BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast and extremities. The head is See also:

long, and the hair a black brown, rather wavy then woolly. The See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face inclines to be long, and would be See also:

HATCHET (adapted from the Fr. hachette, diminutive of hache, axe, hacker, to cut, hack)

hatchet-shaped but for the breadth of the cheek bones.

The See also:

CHIN

chin is long and pointed, the forehead high and See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, the brows often beetling. The See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose is small, slightly tilted or rounded off at the tip, but broad and with deep-set nostrils. The See also:

beard is usually scanty. The See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm-stretch is almost always greater than their height. Their See also:

food is varied; the wilder tribes living on See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle fruits and See also:

GAME

game they See also:

hunt with the See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow-See also:

PIPE

pipe, while the more civilized grow yams, sweet potatoes, See also:

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, See also:

SUGAR

sugar See also:

CANE

cane, See also:

rice and See also:

TAPIOCA (a native Brazilian word)

tapioca. The Sakai blow-pipe is a See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube 6 to 8 ft. long formed of a single See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint of a rare See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

BAMBOO

bamboo (Bambusa Wrayi). This tube is inserted into another for See also:

PROTECTION

protection. The darts are made of See also:

FINE

fine slivers from the See also:

mid-See also:

RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

rib of the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf of certain palms, and are about the See also:

SIZE

size of a See also:

KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

knitting See also:

NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle. The point is usually coated with See also:

POISON

poison compounded from the See also:

sap of the See also:

UPAS

Upas See also:

tree (Antiaris toxicaria) and of a species of strychnos. Each dart is carried in a See also:

SEPARATE

separate See also:

reed, See also:

THIRTY

thirty to fifty of these latter being rolled up and carried in a bamboo See also:

QUIVER

quiver. The Sakais can kill at thirty paces with these blow-pipes. They are nomads, See also:

BUILDING

building See also:

mere leaf-shelters in or under the trees.

Their See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress is of bark-See also:

CLOTH

cloth and they scar their faces, as do the Semangs. They are skilful in See also:

MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat-making and See also:

BASKET

basket-See also:

WORK

work, but they have no See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

WEAVING

weaving or pottery. They are musical, using a rough See also:

LUTE (Arabic al'ud, " the wood "; Fr. luth; Ital. liuto; Span. laud; Ger. Laute; Dut. luit)

lute of bamboo and a nose-See also:

FLUTE

flute, and they sing well in See also:

CHORUS (Gr. xopbs)Z

chorus. They have in See also:

COMMON

common with the Semangs curious See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage ceremonies. The dead are slung from a See also:

pole and carried to a distant spot in the jungle. Here, wrapped in new bark-cloth, the See also:

BODY

body is buried in a shallow See also:

TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench, the clothes worn by the deceased being bullied in a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire lighted nea; the See also:

GRAVE

grave. When filled up, rice is sown on the grave and watered, and some herbs and bananas are planted See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round it for the soul to feed on. Afterwards a three-cornered hutch, not unlike a See also:

DOLL

doll's-See also:

house but mounted on high piles, is built at the See also:

FOOT

foot, in which the soul may live. This soul-house is about 1 ft. high, is thatched with leaves and has a See also:

LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder by which the soul can climb in.

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