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and there. all the way from Sumatra to Northern Luzon.
 There are several types of this great Malayan race. and one investigator. Blumentritt, gained a very clear i'm pression that they could be separated into two great groups which came as separate waves. It is certain that in some of the islands there are tribes which appear to be a connecting link between. these pre- AIalays and the true Malay. who came later The Tagbanua of the Calamiances Islands seem to be of this borderland stock
 The problem of civilizing and manag- ing this savage stock bothered the Dutch rulers of Sumatra for a century or two before we ever knew there was such a problem. The main wave of mi grafton was the true Malay-a race of considerably higher intelligence than it's predecessors. so that it probably ex- perienced but little difficulty in gaining possession of all the best parts of the islands. It was no doubt possessed Of quite a high civilization. with agricul- ture and manufactures. so that it set tied down into more or less welI-order- ed -cocommunities, with kings and min or chiefs. in marked contrast to the savages t displaced.
 Tn time it broke into distinct tribes. as such civilizations always do. and of these seven big tribes are the ones we hear the most about, and they are the ones which are bound to give the most concern to the government. They con stitute the bulk of what is generally considered the Filipino race The Spaniards converted them to Chris tianity. but there is little doubt that they would otherwise soon have become Mohammedans. for that religion was alredy beginning to make itself known The Tagalos are the tribe most men, toned as they occupy the central part Of the Island of Luzon, surrounding | Manila and they are the most war-like 1 sf the seven. It is quite likely. never | the less. that they are not nearly SC l intelligent as some of the others. sucI as the HocanOs to the north. and the l Bicols and Visayans to the south. ! It is rather surprising that these Ma ] lays could read and write long before i the Spaniards taught them the Roman alphabet. The ancient trade inter ! course was no doubt quite extensive and in this way possibly they became l possessed of aIphabets from HindI 1 sources There are even marked trace! of Sanskrit in their languages. whicl
 might indicate a prior connection witl India or Ceylon or Java.
 The last wave of Malay invaders il relatively recent history, for it's dat, can be fixed at about the fourteenth tcentury. These people are Moros O the Sulu archipelago and Mindano They are the true Malays of literatur 1.-the pirates of the Eastern Seas Prior to the twelfth century they wer an insignificant tribe of Sumatra, bu their conversion to Mohammedanisn seemed to start them on their histori career. They became colonists. traders pirates. and religious enthusiasts. The. have settled along the shores of Jaw
 and many of the other islands as wei as overran the southern islands Of tn Philippine group. Their language ha become the medium of commercia communication in all that part of tn
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 No doubt in time they would hay loverrun all the northern islands of tn Philippine group were it not for tn lopportune arrival of the Spaniard. The