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noticeable a Polynesian admixture, yet this circumstance b} r no 

 means permits of the aboriginals of the south-eastern peri insula 

 (who are a branch of the Melanesian stock) being called a " yellow 

 Malayan race," as has been frequently done of late years. 3. An 

 acquaintance with the languages of the group Lub (or Hermit) 

 and the dialects of the Northern coast of the large island of the 

 Admiralty Group, as well as the native traditions of the former, 

 has shown that the population of the group Lub emigrated from 

 the x\dmiralty Islands. Further acquaintance with the natives 

 of Lub proved that there is among them a Polynesian admixture, 

 which has resulted from the carrying off of the women of the 

 group Ninigo, and from a frequent intercourse with the inhabitants 

 (also a Melano-Polynesian race) of the smaller group Kaniet or 

 Kanies (or Anchorites). My stay among the inhabitants of the 

 Admiralty Islands has afforded me a glimpse into many interesting 

 customs of the islands ; but an account of these observations and 

 researches cannot be condensed within the compass of a few 

 sentences. To this series of results belong also the observations 

 which I never neglected to make during the journey in Melanesia, 

 whenever the opportunity presented itself — especially observations 

 on their customs, such as the deformation of the head, tattooing, 

 perforation of the septum nariurn, ahe nasi, lobes and margins of 

 the ears. I have also succeeded in making further observations, 

 and obtaining more information, on the macrodontism in the 

 Admiralty and Lub islands. 



On my way back from the islands of Torres Straits I visited 

 Brisbane, where, at first I only intended to remain a few days. 

 Here, however, a favourable opportunity presented itself of 

 acquiring some interesting anatomical material for my anthropo- 

 logical researches, which circumstance induced me to prolong my 

 stay for several months. I found, namely, that there was a 

 possibility of continuing my researches on the comparative anatomy 

 of the brain of the different varieties of the genus homo, which 

 were commenced in 1873 in Batavia and resumed in Sydney in 



