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origin from them : fur, among their paintings and carved work, represent- 

 ing gods and heroes, we Bee personages d anoing with human heads slung 

 to the waist, like modern Dyaks ; we observe ensigns of feathers, stuck 

 in sheaths at the hack, like the Malays of Java ; and masks, tomahawks, 

 shields, sword handles, and spears adorned, in a similar manner, >\ith 

 human hair and tufts of feathers. We refer to the figures in Captain 

 Keppel's voyage, and in the late Dutch publications on their Indian pos- 

 sessions. 



1 . 8 and 1. 



The character of lank hair is universal in the beardless races, and the 

 presence of Caucasian blood scarcely marked by a somewhat more ruddy 

 complexion, and slight beard in the Mung'.l and Eleuth. 



PLATE VII.— Fig. 1. 



Exemplifies an abnormal family of tribes. We figure a Bushman, onco 

 a private soldier in the Cape Rifles, like all the Hottentot nations, known 

 by the pale yellow color. From drawin Nelson, B. E. 



. -1. 



Carose Brazilian ; hybrid between Negro a tribe "f Indian 



blood. A.t Cape Gardafui, in Eastern ' Lrab intermixture pro- 



duces the same external aspect in the Jamaule Negroes. It occurs again 

 among the Mekran Ethiops, and among the Malay Papuas of the Indian 

 Ocean. 



PLATE VIII. — Fig. 1. 



Tc-Kewiti, a New Zealand chief, showing, in conduct, reasoning, and 



person, high Caucasian development. 

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