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NEW GUINEA. 



[chap. XXXIV. 



fine mop-like heads of frizzly hair appear to he more 

 common than elsewhere, and are considered a great orna- 

 ment, a long six-pronged hamboo fork being kept stuck in 

 them to serve the purpose of a comb ; and this is assidu- 

 ously used at idle moments to keep the densely growing 



PAPUAN, NEW GUINKA. 



mass from becoming matted and tangled. The majority 

 have short woolly hair, which does not seem capable of 

 an equally luxuriant development. A growth of hair some- 

 what similar to this, and almost as abundant, is found 



