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by Mr. Woodford in his Naturalist among the Head Hunters 

 is an almost typical Papuan. The portrait opposite of a 

 man of the New Hebrides (Fig. 69) might be taken for a 

 handsome Jew, were it not for his frizzly hair ; and a native 



Fig. 70.— native of api, new Hebrides. 



of Api in the same group of islands (Fig. 70) has quite a 

 European countenance. The Fijians are equally handsome, 

 with typical Papuan features and hair, and they are often 

 over six feet high. Westward from New Guinea the same 



