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56 RACIAL AFFINITIES part
As, however, the exact racial limits of the Sakai have
not yet been defined (if, indeed, they will ever be
definable), it has been thought best to draw the line
between the Sakai and the Jakun at the point where
the influence of the latter commences to be fairly
certain and appreciable, i.e. at Southern Selangor and
mid-Pahang.
Passing to the general physical characters of this
second group, the Senoi ^ (or Cymotrichi of Martin),
I am indebted to Professor Martin for much of my
information concerning them. Owing to the fact that
their headquarters are in S.E. Perak and N.W.
Pahang, no member of our exploring party came across
any individuals. Consequently the following account
is drawn chiefly from published notes and other
material kindly supplied by Martin.^
In height the Sakai does not appreciably differ
from the Semang.
The average height of the men is 1504 mm., 85
per cent of the individuals measured ranging from
1460 to 1580 mm. Some few individuals were as low
as 1380 mm.
The average height of the women is 1437 mm., 5 3 per
cent ranging from 1390 to 1450 mm., and 17 per cent
below 1390 mm. The smallest individuals, two adult
married women, possessed a height of 1320 mm. only.
The head is chiefly dolichocephalic, whereas the
Semang measured by Martin are described as mesati-
cephalic, with, however, a strong tendency to the
dolichocephalic condition.
^ Senoi = Orang Halas of Newbold. pines' quills therein.
Cp.yi /. A. vol. iv. p. 429, where the ^ To this should be added the
O. Alas of Ulu Kantu (? Kinta) are measurements of Wray {Per. AIus.
described by Col. Low as a tribe of Notes, iii. pp. 33, 34). Those in Fasc.
Perak Sakai, who pierce the cartilage Mai. are taken account of at p. 96
of the nose and ears and insert porcu- seq., infra.