Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

34 RACIAL AFFINITIES part
compared to those of the Malay Archipelago than to
those of the civilised Peninsular Malay. The table
in the Appendix, incomplete as it is, will, however,
perhaps be of some use here as showing the kind of in-
formation which is required to clear up this part of the
still unsolved Malayan problem.
At present all that can be said is that we might
expect the civilised Malays to be at least as tall as, if
not taller than, the Jakun, their uncivilised cousins.
This condition of things does not appear to be borne
out by the table, but we must wait for fuller information
before this point can be decided. The skull-index of both
races is as nearly as possible identical (brachycephalic).
The hair-character, moreover, is absolutely identical,
but the skin of the Jakun, doubtless through exposure
to the weather, is a shade darker, as a rule, than that
of the Malays.
General Results.
The synoptical table to be found in the Appendix
will, it is hoped, provide certain standards by which to
test and classify the three main ethnical groups of the
Peninsula. It need perhaps scarcely be added that
although many individuals are to be found in the Pen-
insula who conform pretty closely to one or other of the
three types indicated, the least degree of intermixture
(either as between themselves or as between them
and their civilised neighbours) will tend immediately
to produce some divergence from these standards.
Generally speaking, however, and bearing in mind
these necessary qualifications, the three types may be
roughly described as follows :
mm. ;
A. Semang Type. — Height of men about 1491
of women, 1408 mm. ;
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skull- index brachy-