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wild tribes that ieli under my inspection: 

 and ill vvliich respect I do not see much 

 difl'ereiice between tliem and the more dark 

 uf tlie Indo-Portu^ucsc of Malacca. I iiave 

 already said that 1 have generally found a 

 peculiar resemblance between tliese two 

 classes of men; this agreement is princi- 

 pally to be observed in the conrormation 

 of the arms and of the legs, and in the 

 featui es of the face; but it is in the length 

 and in t!)e devclopement of the bones that 

 the analogy is the most perfect, 1 much de- 

 i*ire to examine this fact by anatomical com 

 parison; but the dillicuUv to lind subjects 

 and various peculiar reasons iiave until now 

 prevented me. 1 will observe nevertheless 

 that til 0 ugh ill is is the case as respects the 

 greater part of them, it is not witliout its 

 exceptions; but as w^e examine here the 

 conformation of a people, we must take 

 that of the great bulk of its individuals, 

 and consider tliat of the otiiers, as cxce[)^ 



