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166 WITH NATIVES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

and I pursued it in many subsequent wanderings, but
without success. The following description is based
on the type as I constructed it in the course of my
travels and observations.

The hair is very curly, and seems black, but is
in reality a dark, yellowish brown. Fil-fil is less
frequent than among the tall variety. The forehead
is straight, very slightly retreating, vaulted and rather
narrow, the eyes are close together, straight, medium-
sized and dark brown. The superciliar ridges are
but slightly developed. The jaw—bones are large,
but do not protrude, Whereas the chewing muscles
are well developed, which gives the face breadth,
makes the chin-line round and the chin itself small
and pointed. The mouth is not very large, with
moderately thick lips, the nose is straight, hardly
open toward the front, the nostrils not thick. As a
rule, the growth of beard is not heavy, unlike that of
the tall Melanesians ; there is only a light moustache,
a few tufts at the chin and near the jaw. Up to the
age of forty this is all ; in later years a heavier beard
develops, but the face and the front of the chin
remain free.

Thus it will be seen that these people are not
at all repulsive, as all the ridges of bone and the
heavy muscle attachments which make the face of
ordinary Melanesians so brutal are lacking. On the
contrary, they look quite agreeable and childlike.
Their bodies are vigorous, but lightly built : the chest
broad and deep, the arms and legs fine, with beautiful
delicate joints, the legs well proportioned, with hand-