. The earth and its inhabitants .. . LasC or urec^ wicb 120° Malays of divers Indonesians 1 Annamites, nationalities. Batta, Dyak, Minahassa, Alfuru. Papuans. , 600 Miles. to the two islands of Bali and Lombok. The Sundanese dwell in the western districts of Java, on the shores of the Sunda Strait separating that island from Sumatra. The Bughis hold the south-western peninsula of Celebes as well as the north coast, and all the adjacent islands. Lastly, each separate land has its more or less pure or mixed populations, bearing an endless variety of tribal names. The term " Alfuru," ho
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . LasC or urec^ wicb 120° Malays of divers Indonesians 1 Annamites, nationalities. Batta, Dyak, Minahassa, Alfuru. Papuans. , 600 Miles. to the two islands of Bali and Lombok. The Sundanese dwell in the western districts of Java, on the shores of the Sunda Strait separating that island from Sumatra. The Bughis hold the south-western peninsula of Celebes as well as the north coast, and all the adjacent islands. Lastly, each separate land has its more or less pure or mixed populations, bearing an endless variety of tribal names. The term " Alfuru," however, collectively applied in Celebes and farther east to all the wild tribes driven from the coastlands to the interior, has no racial significance. It simply indicates the social condition of the populations which have kept aloof from the Mohammedan Malays, some of which are of lighter /complexion even than the Javanese, while others resemble in colour and aspect the dark Papuans of New Guinea.
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