Feb. 27 He said the people of Malaya have many taboos. After menstruation women can eat no red meat and go intemst it for their entire lives. Their only animal protein comes from occasional fish. They are almost strictly vegetarians. They tend to have [crossed out text] pot belly, and sallow skin. The men, however, who eat meat, and hunt it regularly with blowguns, are in fine condition. The situation is different in Sarawak, however. There the women look in good condition. The Malaya aborigines are still essentially in the Neolithic stage. The only iron they have is in the machetes. Bamboo is the primary tool & structure making material. Medway said the rhino has been virtually eliminated in the last 50 yrs, with the introduction of the shot gun. Primitive hunters did not damage the population significantly even though the Chinese have been after these animals since before Christ. All parts of the animal are valued as a tonic or stimulant. The flesh is much too valuable to be eaten. It is dried and made into medicine. Urine, feces, gall bladder, blood, horn, hide, etc. are used.