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tuguese have had a small establishment at liaratituka, on 
the eastern extreme of the island, for the last three cen- 
tmnea. These tribes are, therefore, chiefly known through 
the individtial apeeimens who are to be met with at most 
of the trading ports of the southern islands of the Archi- 
pelago, where they exist in a state of slavery, or as 
emancipated slaves; considerable nnmbcrs having been 
exported from time to time from the European and 
Bughis settlements on Flores. They present the usual 
characteristics of the mountain Papuans, the tufted haifj 
especially, being universaL One specimen, an elderly 
man, who was residing at Tanjong Cattong, in the 
neighbourhood of Singapore, in 1850, was considerably 
lighter in coraplexion than is usual with Papuans j but as 
be had dwelt in our settlements at Beucoolen and Singa- 
pore for nearly fifty years, this peculiarity may hav e been 
the result of a different mode of life. Several of the 
coast tribes near the eastern end of ¥lores arc considered 
to be Papuans, but their hair has not the tufted character, 
being generally long and curly. In other particulars 
they bear a considerable resemblance to Papuans. Many 
of the natives in the neighbourhood of Larantuka are 
Christians, and several who have been educated at the 
Eoman Catholic College of Goa, on the west coast of Hin- 
dostan, have been ordained priests> and perform religious 
serviees in the Christian villages. 
The mountainous parts of Solor, Pantar, Lomblen and 
Ombai, are also occupied by a woolly-haired race resem- 
bling Papuans in their general character; but the coast 
inhabitants, more especially on the three former islands, 
are a bronze-coloured, curly-haired people, who are 
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