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whether we consider their physical conformation, their 

 moral characteristics, or their intellectnal capacities, tlie 

 Malay and Papuan races ofl'er remarkable difterences and 

 striking contrasts. The Malay is of short stature, brown- 

 skinned, straight -haired, beardless, and smooth -bodied. 

 The Papuan is taller, is black -skinned, frizzly -haired, 

 bearded, and liairy-l)odied. The former is broad-faced, 

 has a small nose and Hat eyeljrows ; the latter is long- 

 faced, has a large and prominent nose and projecting 

 eyebrows. The Malay is bashful, cold, undemonstrative, 

 and quiet ; the Papuan is bold, impetuous, excitable, and 

 noisy. The former is grave, and seldom laughs ; the 

 latter is joyous and laughter-loving ; the one conceals 

 his emotions, the other displays them." 



The native of New Guinea usually goes naked sa^'e 

 for a breech-cloth of bark for the men and a fringed girdle 

 or short petticoat of this or woven grass for the 

 women. In some places on the northern coast both men 

 and women go entirely naked. He pays great attention 

 to his hair, which, though sometimes kept short, is 

 generally worn in the enormous mop already described, 

 or partly shaved in front and drawn backwards, or grown 

 into tassels arranged stiffly around the head, or in a 

 variety of bizarre fashions too numerous to mention, of 

 which not the least singular is the training of the liair 

 through one or more short cylinders of bamboo and 

 letting it expand into a large Ijall above, so that the 

 head looks as if planted with small cabbages. While 

 those of Malay race seem to have little desire for 

 personal adornment, the Papuan evinces a great taste for 

 it, especially on festal occasions. The hair is decorated 

 with the brilliant flowers of the Hiljiscus, or with plumes 

 of the bird-of-paradise. Through the septum of the nose 

 is thrust the nose-ljar, which is sometimes of shell or 



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