588 THE ItdCm OP MAy [cnAP.xi,. 



iutellcK'tual ca]mcitio.s, tlie Malay and Papuan races ofler 

 remarkable differences and strikin^r contrasts. The Malay 

 is of sliort stature, \)ro\vn-skinned, strai*,4it-liaired, Taeard- 

 less, and smooth-bodied. The Papuan is taller, is black- 

 skiuned. frizzly-haired, bearded, and hairy-bodied. The 

 former is broacUfaced, has a small nose, and Hat eyebrows ; 

 the latter is long-faced, has a large and prominent nose, 

 and projectinjT eyebrows, Tlie Malay is bashful, cold, 

 nndemonstrative, *^ftnd quiet; the Papuan is bold, im- 

 petuous, excitable, and noisy. The former is gmve and 

 Reldom laughs ; the latter is joyous and laughter-loving,— 

 the one conceals his emotions, the other displays them. 



Having thus described in some detail, the great physical, 

 intellectual, and moral differences between the Malays and 

 Papuans, we have to consider the inhabitants of the nu- 

 merous islands wbicli do not agree very closely with either 

 ttf these races. The islands of Obi, Batchian, and the 

 three southern peninsulas of Gilolo, possess no true indi- 

 genous population ; but the northern peninsula is iidia- 

 liited by a nati%'e race, the so-called Alfurog of Salioe and 

 Galela- These people are nuite distinct from the Malays, 

 {ind almost equally so from the Papuans. They are tall 

 and well-nmde, with Papuan features, and cuily hair; 

 they are bearded and hairy-limbed, but quite as light in 

 colour as the Malays. They are an iudustrious and 

 eutei'prising race, cultivating rice and vegetables, and in- 

 defiUigable in their search after game, fish, tripang, pearls, 

 and torboiseshell. 



In the gi*eat island of Ceram there is also an indigenous 

 race very similar to that of Northorn Gilolo. Bouru 

 seems to contain two distinct races, — a shorter, round- 

 faced people, witli n IVIalay physiognomy, who may 

 probably have come from Celebes by way of the Sula 

 islands; and a taller bearded race, resembling tliat of 

 Ceram. 



Far south of the Moluccas lies the isla-nd of Timor, 

 inhabited by tribes much nearer to the true Papuan 

 than those of the Moluccas. 



The Timorese of the interior are dusky brown or black- 

 i'h, with bushy fi-izzled hair, and the long Pajnian nose, 

 lliey are of medium height, and rather slender iigiires. 



