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WE RACES OF M JX 



[cnAP. XL, 



The same Papuan race seeius to extend over the islanda 

 east of New Guinea as far as the Fijis. 



There remain to he noticed the black woolly-haired 

 races of the Philippines and the Malay peninsula, the 

 former called '* Negritos/* and the latter tSeraanga." I 

 have never seen these people myself, but from the nu- 

 merous accurate descriptions of them that have been 

 published, I have had no difficnlty in satisfying myself 

 that they have little afSnitjor resemblance to the Papuans, 

 v^ith which they have been hitherto associated. In most 

 important characters they differ more from the Papuan 

 than they do from the Malay. They are dwarfs in stature, 

 cnlj averaging four feet six inch® to four feet eight 

 iuclip^ high, or eight inches less than the Malays ; whereas 

 the Piipuuns are decidedly taller than the Malays. The 

 nose is ii:variably represented as small, flattened, or 

 turned up at the apex, whereas the moat universal cha- 

 racter of the Papuan race is to have the nose prominent 

 and large, with the apex produced downwards, as it is 

 invariably represented in their own rnde idols. The hair 

 of these dwaxfish races agrees with that of the Papuans, 

 but so it does with that of the negroes of Africa. The 

 Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical 

 characteristics with each other and with the Andaman 

 Islanders, while they ditler in a marked manner from 

 every Papuan race. 



A careful study of these varied races, comparing 

 them with those of Eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands, 

 and Australia, has led me to adopt a comparatively 

 simple view as to their origin and afi&nities. 



If we draw a line (see Physical Map, p. 9), com- 

 menoin]^ to the east of the Philippine Islands, thence 

 along the western coast of GUolo, through the island of 

 Eoum, and cunning round the west end of Flores, then 

 bending back by Sandalwood Island to take in Ilotti, 

 we shall divide the Archipelago into two portions, the 

 races of which have strongly marked dmtinctive pecu- 

 liarities. This line will separate the Malayan and all the 

 Asiatic races, from the Papuans and all that inhabit the 

 Pacific; and though along the line of junction intermi- 

 gration and commixture have taken place, yet the divi- 



