PERSON AI- CHABACTIRIBTICS. 
give " probably a correct portrait of a female of ibis mcc" 
an opinion which will be confirmed by all those who have 
bad opportunities of seeing Papuans of the Philippines 
as favourably circumstanced as this young ])erson seems to 
have been. This tinge of complexion is veiy general among 
the children and young women of the Arras, and is more 
pleasing in the eyes of Europeans than the pallid^ yellow 
complexion of children of the bixjwn races. It ia styled 
" Ham munis" literally " sweet black" by the Malays^ 
among whom also it is common, especially at Bruni 
(Borneo Proper) and Acheen, in Sumatra, where the 
inhabitants are generally darker in complexion than in 
the other Malayan States. The Uam mmiis complexion 
is also rather admired by the Malays, as is shown, indeed, 
by the poetical name they have conferred on it. 
Tlie Arruans arc taller and more muscular than the 
IMalays and Bughis of Celebes^ but are inferior in pro- 
portions, if not in stature, to the ordinary run of 
Europeans. The usual height of the men is from five 
feet four inches to five feet eight inches, and there is a 
great inclination to slimness about the lower extremities 
among the taller men, some of whom attain the height of 
six feet. Fine expansive chests are, however, almost 
universal. The writer bad no opportunity of seeing the 
natives of the easternmost islands of the group, who, 
according to all accounts, must possess a superior deve- 
lopment to those of the south ; but Mr. Kolff was more 
fortunate, as will be seen by the following extract from 
the Voyage of the * Dourga' -/^ — 
On one occasion, we met with a prahu from the 
Kabroor Islands, the people in which were superior in 
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