IGO Mr Crawfurd on the 



lighter colour. The woolly hair grows in small tufts, and 

 each hair has a spiral twist. The forehead rises higher, and 

 the hindhead is not so much cut off. The nose projects 

 more from the face. The upper lip is longer and more pro- 

 minent. The lower lip projects forward from the lower jaw 

 to such an extent that the chin forms no part of the face, the 

 lower part of which is formed by the mouth. The buttocks 

 are so much lower than in the Negro, as to form a striking 

 mark of distinction, but the calf of the leg is as high as in 

 the Negro."* 



Both races appear to exist on the island of Wagiou, lying 

 immediately at the north-west end of New Guinea, and most 

 probably there has been here some intermixture of them. 

 M. Duperry, in the voyage of the Coquille, gives the follow- 

 ing description of the inhabitants of this island : — " They are 

 of slender and delicate person, and generally small. Of 

 twenty individuals measured, one only was found to be as 

 much as 5 feet 6 inches high. The average gave only 5 feet 

 4 inches. In complexion they were less black than the in- 

 habitants of New Ireland, and their features were more 

 regular and agi*eeable. The facial angle was fi-om 63° to 

 69°. In some the hair was woolly, like that of the African 

 negro ; in some it was lank ; and in others intermediate be- 

 tween the two."" 



After passing New Guinea, we find all the islands lying 

 east of it and of New Holland, up to 170° of east longitude, 

 and from the equator to the tropic of Capricorn, inhabited by 

 men of the Negro stamp, and, as far as they are known, dif- 

 fering so much from each other as to seem to constitute dis- 

 tinct races. 



In the voyage of the Coquille, the inhabitants of New Ire- 

 land are described as being, in stature, from 5 feet 5 to 5 

 feet 6 inches, with persons rather slender than athletic — of a 

 colour less black than the African negro, having a facial 

 angle of 66 degrees, and woolly hair, with little beard. They 

 were an uglier race than the inhabitants of Wagiou, within 

 the Archipelago. 



* History of .Java, by Sii" Stamfov<l K.iffles, vol. ii. 



