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CHAP. VI MALAYAN SEA-GYPSIES ^^7<br />

tribe is, so far as I have been able to discover,<br />

unique :<br />

<strong>the</strong> bow (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temiang) was held in a<br />

horizontal position (a hole being made in <strong>the</strong> centre<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bow, through which <strong>the</strong> arrow passed), <strong>the</strong><br />

three fingers bent over <strong>the</strong> string, and <strong>the</strong> arrow<br />

held between <strong>the</strong> first and second fingers, <strong>the</strong> thumb<br />

straightened, and <strong>the</strong> little finger partially straight-<br />

ened.^<br />

' Essex Jnst. Bull. vol. xvii. Oct. -Dec. p. 21 <strong>of</strong> short copy. See, however,<br />

remarks on p. 253, ante. The entire passage wants corroboration.<br />

VOL. I

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