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NATIVE RACES. 



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skin of a dusky brown colour. Tliey have the long nose 

 with overhanging apex which is so characteristic of the 

 Papuan, and so absolutely unknown among races of 

 Malayan origin. On the coast there has been much admix- 

 ture of some of the Malay races, and perhaps of Hindoo, as 



well as of Portuguese. The general stature there is lower, 

 the hair wavy instead of frizzled, and the features less 

 prominent. The houses are built on the ground, while the 

 mountaineera raise theirs on posts three or four feet high. 



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