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THE RACES OF MAN 



[chap. XL. 



tip of the nose being elongated ; the mouth is large, the 

 lips thick and protuberant. The face has thus an alto- 

 gether more European aspect than 

 in the Malay, owing to the large 

 nose ; and the peculiar form of 

 this organ, with tlie more promi- 

 nent brovvs and the character of 

 the hair on the head, face, and 

 l^ody, enable us at a glance to 

 distinguish the two races. I have 

 observed that most of these 

 characteristic features are as dis- 

 tinctly visible in children of ten 

 or twelve years old as in adults, 

 and the peculiar form of the nose 

 is always shown in the figures 

 which they carve for ornaments 

 to their houses, or as charms to wear round their necks. 



The moral characteristics of the Papuan appear to me to 

 separate him as distinctly from the Malay as do his form 

 and features. He is impulsive and demonstrative in speech 

 and action. His emotions and passions express themselves 

 in shouts and laughter, in yells and frantic leaj)ings. 

 Women and children take their share in every discussion, 

 and seem little alarmed at the sight of strangers and 

 Europeans. 



PAPUAN CHAEM. 



