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lines. The potter's art is unknown to the natives of the Eastern 

 group, whilst the islanders of the Western group manufacture 

 earthen vessels including earthen lamps. The natives of the East 

 Carolines driidc kava, whereas the inhabitants of the West Carolines 

 chew betel-nut instead. There is also more or less difference in 

 tlie decorative patterns between the two groups. As regards the 

 physical characteristics, the natives of the East Cnrolines are 

 dolichocephalic, with a narrow face and of a m^'dium stature ; 

 whereas the islanders of the Western group are mesocephahc or 

 rarely bracliy cephalic, with a broad face and of a r.iore or less 

 higher stature when compared wdth the former. 



The racial characteristics are always found intermingled, 

 none of them being peculiar to one race. In other w^ords, they 

 partake of the characteristics of the races inhabiting Micronesia 

 and its neighbourhood. Their civilization may be called Malay in 

 origin or application, in that the natives of Micronesia know 

 the art of w^eaving and wear cloth petticoats or waist-cloths ; it 

 is Papuan, in that the w^omen wear coarse petticoats; it is 

 Malay or Melanesian, in that the islanders of the West Carolines 

 make pottery and chew betel- nut ; and their manner of prcpar- 

 incr food and the drinking of kava are shared by the Polynesians 

 and some tribes inhabiting Melanesia. It will thus be seen that the 

 islanders of the East and West Carolines have many things in 

 common with other t'.iles in Polynesia, Melanesia and the INIalay 

 Archipelago. 



The fact that they partake of the ethnical characteristics of those 

 races seeins to be almost a demonstration that they are tribes of 

 mixed blood. Consequently, as has been stated in the Introductory 

 Remarks, we would not be justified in treating the Micronesians as 

 forming one and the same stock with the Polynesians, this ncga- 



