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lips, but: L Im allgemeinen ergibt sich daraus jedoch nur eine mâszige Prognathie". Nor is 

 the prognathy of the jaw of much significance. He mentions further, as HAGEN did later [61], 

 the broadness in the regio masseterica. 



The little Poutn are described by SCHELLONG as having somewhat stronger prognathy 

 — however not dépendent of the lips — and less developed supra-orbital ridges. Only some 

 women had well-shaped noses. The chin was narrow and low. More than once the author 

 points to the melancholic stupid 

 expression of the face, vvhich 

 reminds strongly of the sleepy 

 and doglike appearance allotted 

 by WOLLASTON [238] to the Ta- 

 piro. Photo 28 gives a fairly good 

 idea of this expression and proves 

 that it is also found among the 

 Timorini. 



The Tami-islanders hâve 

 a finer face that, with an Ind. fac. 

 89,7 (7 objects) approaches lepto- 

 prosopy. Among them the strong- 

 er development of the supra- 

 orbital ridges was found back. 



SCHELLONG thinks the depth 

 of the nose-root typical for the 

 Papuans. He seems however to 

 consider it as a conséquence of 

 the supra-orbital ridges, while 

 I stated in the Timorini that 

 this form of nose-root existed 

 quite independently of the vault- 

 ing of the supra-orbital régions. 

 He points to the great variability 

 of the Papuan face; he did not 

 find the Jewish type prédominant 

 and saw ail kinds of resemblances 

 with other Europeans as vvell, 

 a.o. with certain professors. I can- 



not leave off mentioning this, as we met with similar cases: one of our friends of Swart-valley 

 was called Beethoven and another was baptized with the name of a friend of one of my 

 companions, moreover NEUHAUSS [135] distinguished one ofhis blacks by the name of WAGNER. 

 Finally SCHELLONG describes the eye as intelligent-looking, and the whole physiognomy as 

 much less wild than that of the Australians. 



In nearly ail détails I found the observations of SCHELLONG confirmed. So it appears 

 that his type is widely spread, at least in the North and central part of New-Guinea. 



Fig. 18. Family-group in Swart-valley (Timorini). 



