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flag.* The women do not wear this ornament. The 
beard is strongly crisped^ but short, I believe the hair of 
the beard is sometimea plucked out. Most of the Pa|>uans 
have a high but narro^ forehead {em koogj dock smal 
voorhoofd) ; large, dark brown or black eyes ; flat, broad 
noses, large mouths, with thick lips, and good teeth. 
Many of tbem, however, have narrow, arched [gehogen] 
noses, and thin lips, which gives them an European cast 
of countenance. They pierce the ears, and insert in the 
orifice, omaraents, or segara of tobacco rolled in par^ 
iian-leaf, of which they are great consumers. The 
expression of the Papocers is dull and stupid j most of 
them are very uglyj only a few of them have regular 
features and a lively aspeet.^^t 
The occurrence of European or Caucamn features 
among the Papuans of New Guinea and the neighbouring 
islands has been frequently noticed by visitors, and the 
same peculiarity is often met with among the com- 
paratively fair tribes of Timor-Laut and the eastern 
islands of the Serwatty group, between whom and the 
Papuans so remarkable an affinity exists on nearly 
every other pai*ticular excepting complexion, that a close 
investigation is necessaiy before any satisfactory con- 
clusion can be arrived at respecting the origin of these 
races. But no tribe has yet been met with in these 
eastern countries in which the Caucasian features prevail, 
80 that they must bo considered as individual peculiarities, 
♦ This singular fashion is well represented in tlie plate of the 
Papuan in Dr, Priclmrd^s *' Natural Histoiy of Man.." 
f Briiijn Kops, "Katuurkimdige Tijdsohrift, &c., 2de Jaargang," 
bL175. 
