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IL J. T. BIJLMER 



NEUHAUSS is of the same opinion. He formulâtes the Pigmy-characters as follows [135]: 

 low stature, long trunk, short limbs, convex upper-lip '), brachycephaly, little shapely hands 

 and feet and primitive ear. But the right, with which he imputes the Pigmies with thèse 

 qualities, is very problematic ! We hâve already dealt with the low stature and the brachycephaly. 

 Alas, SCHLAGINHAUFEN quotes in his Pigmy-study, how PoUTRIN must deny to his Negrilloes 

 also the infantile appearence ; he did not find broad shoulders nor shapely hands and feet. 

 As for the Papuans I stated that the little mountaineers, just like their taller brothers ofthe 

 plain, distinguished themselves from the Dyak especially by their slender build and greater 

 feet. Undoubtedly WOLLASTON points to the same, when he writes about his Tapjro; "By 



contrast with the Papuans they looked 

 extremely small, and what was rather 

 a curious thing, though many of our 

 Malay coolies were no taller than they, 

 the coolies looked merely undersized 

 and somewhat stunted men (spaced 

 by myself) while the Tapiro looked 

 emphatically little men. They are cleanly 



built " 



ï"urther it is remarkable that VON 

 LUSCHAN states about the three photo- 

 graphs from an article ofWEULE [234] 2 ) 

 that the three standing little fellows 

 who according to his own statement, in 

 proportion to the bamboo frame, which 

 measured 142 cm., might hâve been 

 only 135 — 138 cm. high, do not in the 

 least show the Pigmy-habitus. It is 

 rather amusing, how he inclines in good 

 confidence to ascribe this to photo- 

 graphie déformation. 



If the Negritoes ofthe Philippines 



might be short-set — I did not find 



however any allusion to this fact in REED — it would not prove much, as they are not 



pure, but mixed with Malay blood. But of greater importance is that REED states: "the feet 



are larger in proportion to the size of the body than those of the Philippinos". 



How the pure Negrito might be built, the by NEUHAUSS mentioned little, round- 

 headed, short-set man is sure to fail nowhere as a natural, quite common variation. Therefore 

 the three to four percent K ausgepràgte Pygmàen", that he found, don't impress me very deeply. 



Timorini, Swart-vallev 



Fig. 22. Auct. phoi 



A slender Semitic type in the niiddle. 



1) I must acknowledge that I failed to give sufficient attention to the shape of the upper lip of the studied 

 Papuans. 



2) Thèse photo's of an unknown hand were saved from oblivion by Weui.e to serve as an argument for the 

 existance of pigmies in New-Guinea. 



