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unit. The Minnehassans appear to be related to
the Tagalog and the other Philippine tribes, and
even sugg-est Japanese features. At all events
they may safely be regarded as alien immigrants
from the north. So far as the remainder of the
population is concerned, it may be i)ositively
stated that nowadays there are no traces of
negroid or Papuan race. The Toradja are very
closely related to the Dyaks of Borneo, the Bat-
taks of Sumatra, and the Philippine Igorotes.
They are very short in stature, about five feet for
men and four feet nine inches for women, have
wavy hair, and present other traits showing kin-
ship with the Vaddahs of Ceylon and the Senoi of
Malacca. They have very primitive homes and
are also cave dwellers.''
"The Macassars practice Islam, but much de-
graded by local superstitions and beast worship,
and the abject fear of local deities. They have a
literature, chiefly romance and drama, besides
works of religion and law translated from the
Arabic and originally brought to them by the
missionaries of Islam."

The People "In New Guinea are many tribes
of New Guinea differing in appearance and lan-
guage, but as a whole they con-
stitute the Papuan race, which has been classified
as a branch of the Negro race. With the Papuans,
however, the nose is usually prominent and the
hair frizzly rather than woolly. The color varies
from sooty brown to black. In general the Pap-
uans are impulsive, demonstrative, and less ill-
natured than popular accounts imply. Some prac-
tice fishing, and others a primitive agriculture,
and many excel in decorative arts. There is prac-
tically no native political organization, chieftain-
ship is unknown, or at most uncommon."
"Racially the natives belong to at least two in-
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