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and features. He is impulsive and demonstrative in speecli 

 and aclioiL Hia emotions and passions express themselves 

 in shouts and laughter, in yells and frantic leapings. 

 Women and chOdren take tlieir share in every discussion, 

 and seem little alarmed at the sight of strangers and 

 Europeans. 



Of the intellect of this race it is very difficult to judge, 

 but I am inclined to rate it somewhat higher than that of 

 the ilalays, notwithstanding the fact that tlie Papuans 

 have Dcver yet made any advance towards ci^dlization. It 

 must be remembered, however, that for centuries the 

 Malays have been influenced by Hindoo, Chinese, and 

 Arabic immigi'ation, whereas tlie Papuan race has only 

 been snbjected to the very partial and local influence of 

 Malay traders. The Papuan has much more vital energ}% 

 which would certainly greatly assist his inteDectual deve- 

 lopment. Papuan slaves show no inferiority of intellect 

 compared with Malays, but rather the contrary ; and in the 

 Moluccas they are often promoted to places of considerable 

 trust. The Papuan has a greater feeling for art than the 

 Malay. He decorates his canoe, Ids house, and almost 

 evcr)^ domestic utensil with elaborate carving, a habit 

 which is rarely found among tribes of the Jlalay race. 



In the affections and moral sentiments, on the other 

 hand, the Papuans seem very deficient. In tlie treatment 

 of their children they are often violent and cruel ; whereas 

 the Malays are almost invariably kind and gentle, hardly 

 ever interfering at all with their children's pursuits and 

 amusements, and giving them perfect liberty at whatever 

 age they wisli to claim it But these very peaceful rela- 

 tions between parents and children are no douht, in a great 

 measure, due to tlie listless and apathetic chamcter of tlie 

 race, which never leads the younger members into serious 

 opposition to tlie elders ; while the harsher discipline of 

 the Papuans may be chiefly due to tliat greater vigour and 

 energy of mind which always, sooner or later, leads to the 

 rebeUioa of the weaker against the stronger,— tlie people 

 against their rulei's, the slave against his master, or the 

 child against its parent. 



It appears, therefore, that, whether we consider their 

 physical coufcrmation, theii- moral characteristics, or thein 



