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Morice Vanoverbergh, C. I. C. M., 
Negrito boys, the children of both sexes indulge in a great variety of plays- 
suitable to their age and condition, for instance running, trying to catch one 
another, wrestling, climbing trees, playing with the seeds of the baldwbdw 
(lb. ballugu or karaluag; II. lipay; Mucuna sp.), &c. 
At Giba- scraped rattan offered the little tots, whether boys or girls, 
all kinds of opportunities for playing. Some played with the refuse of the 
scraped rattan; others attached a strip of rattan to a piece of wood, after 
which they ran in a circle dragging the wood over the ground. Others again 
used a strip of rattan for a swing in the following way: the finished strips 
having been doubled up by the Negritos and hung over a stick fixed horizon 
tally in a tree or on posts, the children tied the two dangling ends of one 
of these strips into a knot, pushed one of their feet into this improvised swing, 
and alternately hopped along on one foot and pulled up their little bodies 
(whether pushing the other foot in place with the first one or not), so as 
to swing for a few moments above ground. 
The dancing I saw practised by the Negritos of this district was very- 
similar to that of the Nagan Pygmies, and consequently also to that of the 
Isneg, but there were a few differences. 
At Kabaritati the measure of the music was the same as at Nagan, 
although occasionally there was a slight difference in beating the gong. 
Instead of using both hands for the seven strokes, as described in my former 
report, these particular Negritos sometimes beat seven strokes with the left 
hand only, while with the right they gave three strong strokes followed by a 
long pause. Consequently one musician at Karbaritan occasionally did the 
work of two at Nagan, like this: 
Left hand: _/_ 
Right hand: / ]_ J_ ]_ / / j_ / 
At Giba- Biney and Petara sometimes beat the gong in the follow 
ing way: 
One of the girls: 
Left hand: two strong strokes alternating with two weak ones, the whole 
followed by two strong strokes; 
Right hand: two strokes, if I may call them so; indeed the hand merely 
glided twice over the instrument without producing any sound. 
The other girl: 
Left hand: three strong strokes followed by a long pause; 
Right hand: like the first girl. 
Girl # 1: Left: L ~ L ' L L L - L - L L 
Girl 44 2: Left: L L L l L L L ! 
Sometimes the Negritos twist a piece of cloth into a kind of drumstick 
and use it in order to beat the gong. I have seen this also practised by Isneg. 
While dancing the Negrito men of Allakapan beat the ground according 
to measure, but always with both feet alternately. During a pause they very