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The nearest approach is the accompanying portrait of a 

 native of the Northern Territor}', from Admiral Maclear's 

 collection (Fig. 87). This shows us a similar type to that 

 of the old man figured at p. 4G2, and the lank slightly 

 wavy hair indicates that there is no admixture of Papuan. 



Fig. ST. — native of the northern territory, Australia. 



The face is very similar to that of some of the Hill tribes 

 of the Indian peninsula — the so-called Dra vidians — most 

 of whom are probably Caucasians of low type. 



Again, the two Australian women here represented 

 (Figs. 88 and 89) are but little inferior in type to the 

 woman of Samoa (at p. 414), or even to the Hawaiian girl 



