96 THE PAPUANS: COMPARATIVE NOTES, ETC. 
the lips is generally brown, showing a slight tint of red, but in 
young people, and particularly in children, it is not seldom red, 
although never as fresh and clean as in whites. 
The breasts are well developed and shapely in youth, leaning 
mostly towards fullness, and generally hang after the first 
accouchement. The women, asa rule, witherrapidly, and appear 
very ugly to our eyes, the more so owing to the want of clothing, 
and very often to the clean-shaven head. 
The fierce and savage appearance of Papuan warriors is due, 
in a great measure, to the fantastic and barbarous paints and 
decorations used by them for the purpose of striking terror into 
their foes. Generally, the facial expression of Papuans varies 
from the serious to the careless or stupid. In young girls it 
generally denotes an utter freedom from care, and a happy dis- 
position. One often meets among them, as generally among any 
young people, very friendly and pleasant faces, and among the 
children there are many lovable pretty little creatures. 
The negro-resemblance in the Papuan is due, in part, to the 
broad nose and large mouth, but more particularly to the dark 
skin and frizzled hair, and must be considered an important racial 
characteristic. This likeness is so striking that he himself mis- 
took the first Papuan he saw—a man from Espiritu Santo—for 
an African negro. It may also be remarked that this likeness 
to the negro is more remarkable among the women than among 
the men. 
Writing of the natives of New Guinea, Dr. Finsch considers 
that the immense mop-head, which attains not seldom a height 
of 11 inches, is erroneously considered a racial characteristic, 
instead of, as it really is, a fashion which is restricted to certain 
districts. In support of this statement he quotes the case of 
young girls who, brought up at the mission station, have 
succeeded by the constant use of Huropean combs—very 
different articles from the Papuan many-pronged forks—in 
