452 THE RACES OF MAN [chap. xl. 



inches high, or eight inches less than the INIalays ; whereas 

 the Papuans are decidedly taller than the Malays. The 

 nose is invariably represented as small, flattened, or 

 turned up at the apex, whereas the most universal cha- 

 racter of the Papuan race is to have the nose prominent 

 and large, with the apex pi'oduced downwards, as it is 

 invariably represented in their own rude idols. The hair 

 of these dwarfish races agrees with that of the Papuans, 

 but so it does with that of the negroes of Africa. The 

 Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical 

 characteristics with each other and with the Andaman 

 Islanders, while they differ in a marked manner from 

 every Papuan race. 



A careful study of these varied races, comparing 

 them with those of Eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands, 

 and Australia, has led me to adopt a comparatively 

 simple view as to their origin and affinities. 



If we draw a line (see Physical Map, Vol. I. p. 14), 

 commencing to the east of the Philippine Islands, thence 

 along the western coast of Gilolo, through the island of 

 Bouru, and curving round the west end of Plores, then 

 bending back by Sandalwood Island to take in Kotti, 

 we shall divide the Archipelago into two portions, the 

 races of which have strongly marked distinctive pecu- 

 liarities. This line will separate the Malayan and all the 

 Asiatic races, from the Papuans and aU that inhabit the 



