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race, which never leads the younger members into serious 

 opposition to the elders ; while the harsher discipline of 

 the Papuans may be chiefly due to that greater vigour and 

 energy of mind which always, sooner or later, leads to the 

 rebellion of the weaker against the stronger, — the people 

 against their rulers, the slave against his master, or the 

 child against its parent. 



It appears, therefore, that, whether we consider their 

 physical conformation, their moral characteristics, or their 

 intellectual capacities, the Malay and Papuan races offer 

 remarkable differences and striking contrasts. The Malay 

 is of short stature, brown-skinned, straight-haired, beard- 

 less, and smooth-bodied. The Papuan is taller, is black- 

 skinned, frizzly-haired, bearded, and hairy-bodied. The 

 former is broad-faced, has a small nose, and flat eyebrows ; 

 the latter is long-faced, has a large and prominent nose, 

 and projecting eyebrows. The Malay is bashful, cold, 

 undemonstrative, and quiet ; the Papuan is bold, im- 

 petuous, excitable, and noisy. The former is grave and 

 seldom laughs ; the latter is joyous and laughter-loving, — 

 the one conceals his emotions, the other displays them. 



Having thus described in. some detail, the great physical, 

 intellectual, and moral differences between the Malays and 

 Papuans, we have to consider the inhabitants of the nu- 

 merous islands which do not agree very closely with either 

 of these races. The islands of Obi, Batchian, and the 



