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is BO full of valuable mformation aa to satisfy every 
inquiry aa to personal characteristics ; 
They are generally above the middle stature ; indeed, 
many among them must be considered as large-sized 
men. They are all well made and muscular. Their 
colour is dark browno. {donker-bruin)^ over which some- 
times lies a blueish gloss (blaauwachlige gloed).^ Some 
of them have an ugly-Iooking disease of the skin, by 
means of which the entire surface of the body and limbs 
is rendered scaly. They had all a most a^eable smell 
about them, which, however, was much deteriorated by 
the loathsome habit of plastering the body with sand 
and mud. Their hair is crisp and woolly {kort gekruld 
en wQllig)j and they wear it very cleverly plaited from 
the forehead over the crown of the head to the occiput. 
They have small and dark-coloured eyes, and Jong and 
drooping (nederhanffenden) noses, the septum of which 
was almost invaiiably piereed to carry an ornament con- 
sisting of pieces of stick, bone, or hog's tusks. The 
mouth is large, and provided with lily-white [spierwitie) 
teeth, which arc sometimes sharpened to points. The 
lips are tolerably tliick. Their features bear a general 
resemblance to those of Arabians,t a peculiarity which 
• Tins pecuEuritj is often noticed in descriptions of Papuans, 
more especially those of the Pacific, and I liave tlierefore made it a 
subject of close inquiry. As it is never met with among the 
Papuan slaves of tlie Arckipeiago, I had been led to attribute it to 
some artificial process, and the result of every inquiry has left no 
doubt <m my mind that it is prodojtNjd by the appUcatJon of a de- 
coction of tlie bark of a tree, possibly the rosamak" of commerce 
or some utlier closely aUicd to it. — G. W. E. 
f The term used by Mr. Modera is "Arabtercn," which, as 
