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woolly ; they wear it frizzled out in a remarkable manner, or let it 

 fail upon the neck in long twisted masses ; their countenance and fea- 

 tures are regular ; but their noses are somewhat flattened, and have the 

 nostrils enlarged in the transverse direction ; their chins are small and 

 well formed ; their cheek-bones are prominent ; their foreheads are ele- 

 vated ; their eyebrows are thick and long, and their beards are thin, and 

 suffered to grow upon the upper lip and chin, as is the practice among 

 many African nations. In the countenances of the Papous are strongly 

 reflected the feelings which animate them, and which arise from mis- 

 trust, suspicion, and all the most hateful passions. The females are 

 generally ugly ; yet Lesson observed, in New Guinea, some girls, who 

 were well made, and whose regular and soft features were conspicuous. 

 Born to servitude, the women, among the Papous, are subjected to 

 the rudest labours, in which their stern and rigorous masters disdain 

 to participate. The natives of Bouka, according to Lesson, as far as 

 was observed, display the characters and habits of the Papous of New 



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