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PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



In style of feature, there is often no striking dissimilarity from Eu- 

 ropeans, especially in middle-aged and elderly men, many of vvliom 

 have the nose aquiline ; while in females and young men, it is 

 almost always flattened. Nevertheless, I think it will be found, that 

 there is less prominence of profile in the Malay tiian in any other 

 race. This appears to be owing, in part, to the absence of rigidity in 

 the cartilage of the nose ; as with the Negro. The lips are likewise 

 thicker than among Europeans. 



The profile has appeared to me, usually more vertical than in the 

 White race; but this may be owing in part to the mode of carriage, 

 for the skull does not show a superior facial angle. A more marked 

 peculiarity, and one very generally observable, is the elevated occiput, 

 and its slight projection beyond the line of the neck. The face, in 

 consequence, when seen in front, appears broader than among Eu- 

 ropeans, as is the case with the Mongolian, though for a different 

 reason. In the Mongolian, the front is depressed, or the cranium 

 inclines backwards; while in the Malay, it is elevated or brought for- 

 wards. The Mongolian traits are heightened artificially by the Chi- 

 nooks; but it is less generally known, tliat a slight pressure is often 

 applied to the occiput by the Polynesians, in conformity with the 

 Malay standard. 



A peculiarity in the Malay skull has been pointed out to me by Dr. 

 Morton ; in the tendency to unusual prolongation and projection of the 

 upper maxilla. Tliis character, though not universal, is strikingly 

 exemplified in several East Indian skulls ; and I have found traces of 

 the same, in the Hawaiian skulls obtained by the Expedition. It 

 accords with a remark of Mr. Hale, " that the upper-lip is very often, 

 among Polynesians, slightly turned up." 



For characteristic representations of the Malay race, I would refer 

 to the following portraits, taken during our Voyage, a part of which 

 only, have been published : among Taheitians, to those of Otore, Paofai, 

 and the ' girl ;' among Samoans, to those of Malietoa, Mary Olo, Emma 

 Malietoa, Matetau, and 'children;' among New Zealanders, to those 

 of John Sac, and the 'girl;' among Hawaiians, to those of the King 

 and Queen, David Malo, Liholiho, and Haiha; and to that of 'the 

 native of Luzon.' A very good idea of the Malay standard of female 

 beauty, may be obtained from the portrait of the Hawaiian girl, in 

 Byron's voyage. 



Yellow is the favourite colour throughout the countries inhabited 

 by the Malay race, and it appears to be really the one most becoming 

 to the deep brown complexion. Wreaths, too, are very generally worn 



