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three southern peninsiihis of Gilolo, possess no true indi- 

 genous population ; bi;t the northern peninsula is inha- 

 bited by a native race, the so-called Alfuros of Sahoe and 

 Galela. These people are quite distinct from the Malays, 

 and almost equally so from the Papuans. They are tall 

 and well-made, with Papuan features, and curly hair ; 

 they are bearded and hairy-limbed, but quite as light in 

 colour as the Malays. They are an industrious and 

 enterprising race, cultivating rice and vegetables, and in- 

 defatigable in their search after game, fish, tripang, pearls, 

 and tortoiseshell. 



In the great island of Ceram there is also an indigenous 

 race very similar to that of Northern Gilolo. Bouru 

 seems to contain two distinct races, — a shorter, round- 

 faced people, with a Malay physiognomy, who may 

 probably have come from Celebes by way of the Sula 

 islands ; and a taller bearded race, resembling that of 

 Ceram. 



Far south of the Moluccas lies the island of Timor, 

 inhabited by tribes much nearer to the true Papuan 

 than those of the Moluccas. 



The Timorese of the interior are dusky brown or black- 

 ish, with bushy frizzled hair, and the long Papuan nose. 

 They are of medium height, and rather slender figures. 

 The universal dress is a long cloth twisted round the waist, 

 the fringed ends of which hang below the knee. The 



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