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west coast of New Guinea, who was about ttmeteen 
years of agic at the time it was taken. He is now re- 
siding at "Smgapore, and has lost much of the lieavj 
appearance wliieli is shown in the profiie. — Yiq. 6, Alka- 
nara, a man of the Jakkuru tribe, betTi-een forty and 
fifty years of age, was well known at Port Essington, as 
he constantly resided near the settlement, and brouglit 
in almost daily supplies of fish and crabs, which he was 
very expert in taking. — Fig. 7, Olomiri, a native ol^ 
Citiker Island, was about forty years of age when his 
profile was taken. — ^Fig. 8, Neinraaal, a native of the 
south coast of the Cobourg Peninsula, about serenteen 
years of age, was for several years a domestic servant 
of the Storekeeper's assistnntj and was remarkable for 
his attention to his duties, and for his fluency in the 
English language. He was exceedingly intelligent and 
wcll-condncted. Neinmaal was subsequently kUled by 
Im own tribe it is supposed from Jealousy of the high 
estimation m which he was held by the Europeans. — 
Eig. 9, Maiijcrijo, commonly called " Bob," was a youth 
of the Port Essington tribe, also of great intelligeaoe, 
but somewhat eonceited. Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, 
in his interesting " Yoyage of the ' Ma^ander/ " alludes 
to him as being remarkable for Ms skill in the English 
language, which he spoke without a foreign accent. — 
Figs. 10, 11, and 12, are women of Triton Bay, m Kew 
Guinea. — Fig. 13, Mynder, a woman of the Port Essmg- 
ton tribe, about twenty-five years of age. — Fig. 14, 
Emologi. daughter of Olomiri (Fig, 7), a young woman 
of Croker Island. — ^Figs. 15 and 16, Ahnaoaja ^od 
Mayapein, two jonng women of the south part, of the 
Cobourg Peninsula.^ — ^Fi^, 17 and 18, Manjawi and 
Monia, two children of the Port Essmgton tribe . ,188 
7. Map of the Indian Archipelago, showing the spots occu- 
pied by Papn^ tribes 1 
