814 General Notes. 
cliffs are said to reach 400 feet. The soil is very thin. North 
and north-west of the larger island are a number of others, among 
them the peak of Laibobar, probably an extinct or dormant cra- 
ter, and some 2000 feet high. There are no rivers or streams, 
the so-called fresh-water is skimmed-off holes in the coral, and is 
brackish. The natives are constantly at war. In Larut, Ritabel 
and Waitidal are at feud with Kaleobar and Lamdesar. 
forehead retreats slightly, the brows are low, and tne a 
ere are two forms of nose, in one 0 ki ie 
the tip is upturned and both nostrils visible in front, while Tiek 
other the tip is depressed and the a/e nasi much inflate eee: 
is a tendency, in many cases, for the upper jaw and e a by 
hang the lower. The ears are small, but much REN 
elaborate earrings. 
ç climate is highly insalubrious, and the tra 
severely from fever. i ut 
Some sixty species of birds were brought from the bs A 
or Tenimber islands by Mr. Forbes. Among these ps and 
finds twenty-three that have not been found out of that ¢ r 
twenty of these are new. The birds as a whole are 
than Australian. Many are also found in Aru, bwe 
velers suffered 
occur also in Timor and even in India. derancé "o 
- The insects of Timor Laut show a great prepon 
Timor forms over those of Aru or New Guinea, pr vailing winds. 
they are more influenced than the birds by the pre 
Several new lepidoptera were found. 
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