F. GEOGRAPHY. 257 



This race, while distinctly Malayan, differs from the pure 

 Malay in being smaller in stature, coarser in feature, thicker 

 lipped, and having more frizzled hair. The race merges into 

 pure Papuan in the neighborhood of Cape Possession. They 

 bury their dead in the ground, and build small thatched huts 

 over them. Their houses, like those of the Papuans, are 

 built on piles, and communicate with the ground by means of 

 a pole notched with steps. They cultivate the ground pretty 

 successfully, using stone mattocks for turning up the soil. 

 Cannibalism appears to be known among them, but prevails 

 only to a slight degree. The men are but slightly tattooed, 

 w r hile the women are tattooed all over in graceful patterns. 

 Unlike the Papuans, they possess the art of making pottery. 

 They are better fishermen than the Papuans, having a greater 

 variety of implements, as well as of canoes. Up to the time 

 of the visit of the J3asilis7c they seemed to have had very lit- 

 tle acquaintance with white men. 12 A,A]Jril 24, 1875,431. 



me. foerest's exploration of Australia. 



Mr. John Forrest has succeeded in crossing from the west- 

 ern coast of Australia through the very heart of the only ex- 

 tensive region in Australia hitherto unexplored. He and his 

 companions traveled nearly 2000 miles, keeping close to the 

 twenty-sixth parallel of latitude. They left Champion Bay 

 April 1, and reached the telegraph line September 27. Much 

 of the country passed over was of the poorest possible de- 

 scription, scantily supplied with water. This achievement 

 of Mr. Forrest leaves only the direct and more southern route 

 to Perth to be traversed to complete the data requisite for 

 making known the general character of the West Australian 



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continent. 12 A, X., December 3, 1874, 93. 



TOPOGRAPHY OF MICHIGAN. 



In a pamphlet entitled " Popular Sketches of the Topogra- 

 phy, Climate, and Geology of Michigan," Professor Winchell 

 gives a table of the exact areas of the Great Lakes, which, ac- 

 cording to him, are as follows, expressed in thousands of 

 square miles: Superior, 32; Michigan, 20; Huron, 20; Erie,6; 

 Ontario, 6. The total length of lake shore-line w T ithin the State 

 of Michigan is 1620 miles. He says that he has attempted to 

 collect all the important information obtained, in running lev- 



