. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. FIG. OF BIBICUCU. are living united but not incorporated with the surroundingrace whose pedigree has no link in common with their own. What the pedigree of the Timorese is I have not sufficientevidence for forming any decided opinion; but that they area race in which many elements commingle seems certain. Isaw no one with what I can with perfect truth designateas black skin such as seen among the Am , well-proportioned men, with frizzly hair, and of a richyel
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. FIG. OF BIBICUCU. are living united but not incorporated with the surroundingrace whose pedigree has no link in common with their own. What the pedigree of the Timorese is I have not sufficientevidence for forming any decided opinion; but that they area race in which many elements commingle seems certain. Isaw no one with what I can with perfect truth designateas black skin such as seen among the Am , well-proportioned men, with frizzly hair, and of a richyellowish brown or of a chocolate colour, I saw in abundance,as well as short, stumpy men, with straight hair on the headand with no lack of beard and moustaches. Mr. Earl * has also noticed the great differences exhibited by tin- j plea of the tableland above Dilly. Some of the natives have adull yellow colour; the parts exposed to the sun are c. 466 A NATURALISTS WANDERINGS with light brown patches; the hair is straight and thin,and its natu
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