. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 161° 20- Easb oF Greenwich 162° 20 Depths. 0 to 250 Fathoms. 250 Fathoms and upwards the inhabitants are afflicted with large sores caused by a parasite {tinea circinata tropica) ; in some islands nearly the whole population has to entertain these troublesome guests. Skin diseases, also, are not less prevalent than amongst the Caroline islanders, while the baneful habit of eating argillaceous clay is common in the Admiralty group. Most of the old people are carried off by pulmonary affections, and when the mortality becomes excessive in a village, the inhab
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 161° 20- Easb oF Greenwich 162° 20 Depths. 0 to 250 Fathoms. 250 Fathoms and upwards the inhabitants are afflicted with large sores caused by a parasite {tinea circinata tropica) ; in some islands nearly the whole population has to entertain these troublesome guests. Skin diseases, also, are not less prevalent than amongst the Caroline islanders, while the baneful habit of eating argillaceous clay is common in the Admiralty group. Most of the old people are carried off by pulmonary affections, and when the mortality becomes excessive in a village, the inhabitants migrate to some other place declared by the magicians to be more propitious. As a rule the Melanesians are less affected than the Polynesians bj'- the morbid influences caused by contact with the whites ; but on the other hand certain islands are being gradually depopulated by the universal practice of infanticide. In Ugi, off the east coast of * Romilly, The Western Pacific and New Guinea,
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