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looking pleasant face, though a little coarser is not very far 

 removed from the man of Samoa (at p. 413), or even from 

 the Tonga man (at p. 411), the very handsomest I have 



Fig. 85.— arunta tribe, man with fine beard. 



yet seen a portrait of The two old men guarding the sacred 

 " Churinga " (Fig. 86) are hardly less good looking ; but I 

 have nowhere been able to obtain a good portrait of a 

 young Australian of pure type and in the prime of life. 



