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hopeless confusion. Discarding the term " Alfuro ' : as of no 

 ethnical value 1 , we find the whole area west to about 

 120 E. longitude 2 occupied in varying proportions Elements* 

 by pure and mixed representatives of three distinct 

 stocks : Negro (Papuans), Mongol (Malayans), and Caucasic 

 (Indonesians). From the data supplied by Crawfurd, Wallace, 

 Forbes, Ten Kate and other trustworthy observers, I have con- 

 structed the subjoined table, in which the east Malaysian islands 

 are disposed according to the constituent elements of their in- 

 habitants 3 :- 



Am Group True Papuans dominant ; Indonesians (Korongo- 

 ei) in the interior. 



Kei Group Malayans ; Indonesians ; Papuan strain every- 

 where. 



Timor ; Wetta ; Timor Laut Mixed Papuans, Malayans and 

 Indonesians : no pure type anywhere. 



Serwatti Group Malayans with slight trace of black blood 

 (Papuan or Negrito). 



Roti and Sumba Malayans. 



Savu Indonesians. 



Flores ; Solor ; Adonera ; Lomblen ; Pantar ; Allor Papuans 

 pure or mixed dominant ; Malayans in the coast towns. 



Burn Malayans on coast; reputed Papuans, but more pro- 

 bably Indonesians in interior. 



Ceram -Malayans on coast; mixed Malayo-Papuans inland. 



Amboina; Banda Malayans; Dutch-Malay half-breeds ("Per- 

 keniers"). 



Goram Malayans with slight Papuan strain. 



Matabello ; Tior ; Nuso Telo ; Tt0nf0I0fca--Pa.pua.iis with 

 Malayan admixture. 



Misol Malayo-Papuans on coast ; Papuans inland. 



Tidor ; Ternate ; Sulla; Makian Malayans. 



Batjan Malayans ; Indonesians. 



1 Eth. p. 328. 



* But excluding Celebes, where no trace of Papuan elements has been 

 discovered. 



3 For details see Dr F. H. H. Guillemard, Australasia, Vol. II. and 

 Reclus, Vol. xiv. 



