ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA 
On that, as well as on later occasions, I noticed two 
distinct types among the Bororos: one purely Papuan or 
Polynesian; the other strongly Malay. The character¬ 
istics of those two different types showed themselves 
markedly in every instance. The majority were perhaps 
of the Malay type. I was intensely interested at the 
astounding resemblance of these people to the piratical 
tribes of the Sulu Archipelago in the Celebes Sea, where, 
too, one meets a considerable amount of mixture of those 
two types, as well as specimens of pure types of the two 
races. 
Among the Bororos many were the individuals — of 
the Malay type — who had the typical Malay eye a fleur 
de tete , prominent, almond-shaped, and slightly slanting 
at the outer angle. The nose, unlike that of Papuan 
types, was flattened in its upper region between the eyes, 
and somewhat button-like and turned up at the lower 
part; just the reverse of the Papuan types, who had 
prominent aquiline noses with a high bridge and globular 
point turned down instead of up. 
The lips were in no case unduly prominent, nor thick. 
They were almost invariably kept tightly closed. 
The form of the palate was highly curious from an 
anthropological point of view. It was almost rectangular, 
the angles of the front part being slightly wider than a 
right angle. 
The front teeth were of great beauty, and were not 
set, as in most jaws, on a more or less marked curve, but 
were almost on a straight line, the incisors being almost 
absolutely vertical and meeting the side teeth at an angle 
of about 60°. The upper teeth overlapped the lower ones. 
The chin was well developed — square and flattened 
in the Papuan types, but receding, flat, and small in the 
Malay types. 
Both types were absolutely hairless on the face and 
body, which was partly natural and partly due to the 
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