. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN SUMATRA. 195 intelligently moulded faces ; the nose with a rather prominent and straight dorsum, the eyes sunk deeply in the head, the cheek-bones projecting, but without the prominent thick lips so distinctive of the Malay face. They are very independent, somewhat surly in heart and desperately lazy people; not very friendly inclined to their neighbours in the adjoining districts. They are by no means dishonest, and live peace- fully among themselves. Their chil
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN SUMATRA. 195 intelligently moulded faces ; the nose with a rather prominent and straight dorsum, the eyes sunk deeply in the head, the cheek-bones projecting, but without the prominent thick lips so distinctive of the Malay face. They are very independent, somewhat surly in heart and desperately lazy people; not very friendly inclined to their neighbours in the adjoining districts. They are by no means dishonest, and live peace- fully among themselves. Their children are lively and amused with little ; but neither of their parents trouble them- selves much about them after they are old enough to run about by themselves. They were rather afraid to allow me to submit their length and breadth to the test of the measur- ing-line, dreading lest the measure of their bodies should. PASSrUAH BRACELETS OF SILVER, SHOWING THE OKNAMEKTATION DERIVED PHOM THli YOUNG SHOOTS OF THE BAMBOO. bear some sinister relation to the span of their existence. After giving, however, the most pacifying assurances, I found ten men and five women bold enough to risk the danger. The average height of the men was 5 feet 4-15 inches, the length of his arm 11-23 inches, and of his forearm to the tip of his longest finger 2 feet 51 inches, while in the women the corresponding measurements were, 5 feet OTo inches in stature, 11-35 inches in length of arm, and 2 feet 3-85 inches of forearm. The tallest man was 5 feet 825 inches, and the most herculean of the women 5 feet 2-75 inches. The men dress as in other districts. The women, especially the maidens, are strong, well proportioned and well developed ; many of them are very good-looking, having, what is rare among. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the ori
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