CONTENTS. 
CHAPTEK L 
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 
Peculiarity of the Hair- — ^FeatQres — Statnre and Proporlions — Ifoiles of 
* Personal Disfigurement — Physical and Mental Capodty — Characier 
and Disposition — Results of Foreign Intercourse on tbe Wild 
Trihes 
CHAPrER 11. 
NEW GUINEA. SOUTH COAST. 
Paiiuait Character of the New Guinea Trihes — Geograiihical Sketch of 
the Island — Viaita of Early Toy agm— Dutch Expedition of 1^23 — 
luieniew with Natives of Dourga Strait — Hostile Encounter — ^Cha- 
racteristics of the Dourga Tribe— Wcajions and Ornaments— Agility 
in Climbing Trees — Mangrove Thickets — Habitations — Papuans and 
Australians — Expedition of Lieutenant Kool to Dourga Strait in 
Igaa— luterview with a krgie tribe of Frederick-llenr)' IslaiiU . H 
