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pearance. And if the foreign intruder takes a 

 coarse pleasure in giviug drink to these savages, 

 their immodest gestures may afford a revolting im- 

 pression of their bestial nature. Yet the habits even 

 of these dark-skinned savages are altogether different 

 under more favourable conditions. Although of 

 small stature, they are not badly proportioned, and 

 their manners and bearing are capable of im- 

 provement, so that they can act as native police, 

 messengers, etc. This was the case also with the 

 natives of Queensland, Australia, whom I saw in the 

 Zoological Gardens, Berlin, throwing the boomer- 

 ang. Even in these tamed savages, however, we 

 must note the projecting orbits, the deep depression 

 between the forehead and nose, and the flatness of 

 the latter organ. There are aged, wrinkled bush- 

 men, negroes, Papuans, Malays, Japanese, and 

 Mongols of inland Asia whose countenances are 

 altogether pithecoid. And such a cast of face may 

 even be found in Europe. 



Some years ago, Mr. Bond, a land-surveyor in 

 British India, asserted that he had found the 

 missing link between man and apes in the moun- 

 tainous district of the Western Ghauts. And 

 indeed, the race he describes seems to have a strong 

 resemblance to apes. " The forehead is low and 

 retreating. The lower part of the fiice projects 

 like the muzzle of an ape ; the legs are short and 

 bent outwards. The trunk and arms are compara- 

 tively long. The hands and fingers are contracted 

 so that the latter cannot be freely extended ; a 

 thick skin covers the liollow of the hand and the 



