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Bearing this remark in mind, let us glance over 

 a few of the principal characteristics, physical, 

 intellectual, and moral, of the three races now under 

 discussion. 



PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



Malay o- Polynesian race. — Of this race we saw, 

 during our voyage, the people of Coupang, and of 

 Lombock, Java, and Malacca, and individuals of 

 the Bughis from Celebes and other parts of the 

 Archipelago. There was a great difference of stature 

 and of beauty among them. Some of the principal 

 men in Lombock and Java were tall and portly, with 

 open and intelligent countenances, as were many 

 also of the Bughis, while others among the Malay 

 nations were of mean stature and repulsive appear- 

 ance. The children and young people of both sexes 

 were often really handsome in face and graceful in 

 figure. Among the adults, whatever was the stature, 

 the figure was usually square-built and athletic, the 

 limbs large, and the shoulders broad. The skin 

 was commonly smooth and almost hairless, and the 

 outline of the limbs was rounder and the muscles 

 less prominent than among Europeans. The face 

 was generally broad and rather flat. The hair of 

 the head was harsh, long, black, and almost invari- 

 ably straight. The colour of the skin varied from 

 yellow up to an almost negro blackness, but a dark 

 yellowish -brown was the most usual tint. 



I believe this description would apply to the 



