Show SHYEST PEOPLE EVER KNOWN kubus of sumatra never talk with a stranger there Is a very singular race ot people in sumatra the kubus ho ire too timorous and shy to mix with he ather races ot the island anc aw ell in the recesses ot the forests they are looked on as inferiors by the malays and thought to be little better than beasts such Is their shy that they will never face a stranger their trade with the malayans 1 on carried on in a strange manner ahe trader announces his arrival by beating a gong and he then cetares the kubus approach put their forest treasures on the ground beat n gong and retreat the trader returns and lays his commodities down in quantities sum dent as he thinks for the purchase at the goods on sale then he retires and the kubus reappear and consider the bargain and so aher more withdrawals and approaches and aang beatings ohp re lve parties comb to an under standing and carry off independently their bargains the kubuj live on snakes grubs fruits and the flesh of any deer or pigs they can slay they are skilful spearman sp earmen and throw stones with mar belous accuracy stray stories |