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teeth worn by the Hawaiians in former times," have appeared to me 

 to point distinctly towards a Feejee origin. 



From the concurrent testimony of visiters, it would appear, that 

 cannibalism is more frequent at the Marquesas than at the other 

 Polynesian groups; and likewise, that it is carried on there, more in 

 accordance with the customs of the Feejeeans. 



OTHERPAPUANS. 



Of the two natives, brought to the United States by Captain Mor- 

 rell, about the year 1833, one probably belonged to the Papuan race. 

 I have a clear recollection of his large stature, stout limbs, and crisp 

 hair; and I think I can recall in some measure his features, which 

 w^ere rather good-humoured than impressive. It would seem from 

 the account given by Jacobs,* that he came from the vicinity of the 

 Admiralty Group ; but from a separate island from his companion. 



Mr. Hadley, of Wenham, on visiting Bougainville Island, found 

 the natives to be " much the same sort of people as the Feejeeans, 

 except that they were in a ruder condition. They were fully as 

 large, and their complexion he thought was blacker. The men were 

 entirely naked. They brought off sugar-cane in their canoes; which 

 were much more roughly made than those of the Feejee Islands. In 

 the course of much experience, the Feejeeans were the only 'savage 

 people' he had ever met with, who would give reasons, and with 

 whom it was possible to hold a connected conversation." 



Captain Jackson, of Salem, spoke of " the inhabitants of the east 

 coast of New Guinea, as being a very large set of men, soot-headed, 

 and resembling the natives of Bougainville Island." Indeed, the 

 " huge black men" of Dampier, and those described by Sonnerat as 

 having a " hard and rough skin," can, I think, be only referred to the 

 Papuan race. 



To the same race, I would refer the natives of New Caledonia ; 

 judging from the figures of them by Labillardiere. That of the 

 ' woman' in particular, even to the attitude and dress, is eminently 

 characteristic of the personal appearance of the Feejee women. The 

 Vincennes visited Hunter Island; which is near the southeast end of 

 New Caledonia, but is too unimportant to be inhabited. 



* Adventures in the Pacific Ocean. New York, 1844. 



