100 THE PAPUANS: COMPARATIVE NOTES, ETC., 
all tribes, married women and children keep the head clean 
shaven as a rule. 
Dr. Finsch records meeting four white Papuans at Hula, one 
of whom he describes:—The man was named “ Kwarinam”’; 
height, 1.6lm.; circumference of breast, 93c.m.; skull, 182mm. ; 
colour of skin, as light as in Europeans; the portions most 
exposed to the sun, bright red, sunburnt; the lips coloured as 
in whites; nearly the whole body sprinkled with small, dark, 
freckle-like spots; eyes, yellow-brown, possessing the full- 
seeing power even in full sun-light. This man was descended 
from dark-brown parents, was married to a dark woman, by 
whom he had two dark children. 
The following is his description of the now celebrated chief, 
Koapinna, of Aroma :—Height, 1.8lm.; skull, 195mm.; circum- 
ference at breast, 1.02m.; thigh, 55c.m.; calf, 40c.m.; humerus, 
d3c.m.; color of skin, light-brown; the shape of his nose, which 
unfortunately has become altered by deep pock-marks, gives him 
an Indian appearance; his walk and carriage are dignified; he 
has decided features ; a well-proportioned, powerful body ; large 
hands and feet; a splendid, well-kept mop of hair, which is 
black; and dark-brown eyes. His beard and body hair wanting 
owing to depilation. 
This chief's name is not Papuan, but simply our own word 
“ Captain,” which has become altered to ‘‘ Koapinna.” 
At Teste Island, where I resided on several occasions, I 
became acquainted with a white Papuan, whose wife also 
resembled a Huropean in color. Their hair was curly, not 
frizzly, and of a light chestnut color. They had two children, a 
boy and a girl, the former was to all appearance a white boy, 
and I could hardly believe in his Papuan parentage when I first 
saw him. He looked just like a white lad who had been 
running about naked in the sun—sunburnt from top to toe. His 
sister was a shade darker, and her Papuan origin was at once 
patent. Although only 5 years old she gloried in a splendid 
