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Malny element in the population, Tbo male BlmlI,No. 4, and the female, 

 Ko. 6, aie typic-ally Malajan in their characters, especially in jKiBscssiiig 

 large open roonded orbita and smooth forehead, the &ui>crciIiao* ridges 

 and gIat>elJa being abnost entirely abfiont, Tbe other bracbyeephalio 

 skulls, tliowgb not presenting Bueh a striking affinity, agree more or less 

 with the tj-pe, but give evidence of mixed charaiiters. The doiicho- 

 cephalic skull is, on the other hand, markedly of the Papuan tyiK3, and 

 co» responds so closely aa to be undislinguishahle from two crania 

 obtained twenty miles inland from Port Moresby, Kew Guinea, iu the 

 College of Surgeons' Museum, also from another from the Solomon 

 laJands. Along with ihis form of shell Mr. Forbes iufonixs me is 

 associated frizzly hair and dark skin. 



The examination of the cranial characters of the inhabitants of Timor- 

 laut as illustrated by the skulls l>efore us shows that the peopling of this 

 island forms do exception to what is usually found in the rariouB gronj^ 

 of islands in the Polj-ncfiian Archipelago. From its close proximity to 

 New Guinea, perhaps more of the Papuan element might ha^e been 

 expectod. 



The relative proportions of the two races in any particular place seem 

 to Tary oonsiderably, howeTer, and till more is known of the history of this 

 part of the world^ the distribution of its inhabitants wilt not be undefstood. 

 valuable contributions to our knowledge of this Texed (luestion have been 

 made by t lie iFrit,ii}^,'is of M. QuatrefagfS, ProfesBors Flower and Keane, Mr. 

 Staniland Wake, and other*. Series of skulls and skeletons like the 

 present from different districts, with accounts of the inhahitants, are 

 always Taluable additions, and a^ist materially to unravel the ethnology 

 of tliis interesting part of the globe. 



