J •’ ’ i ' Sngmu
cfr^KÄ-TUT A ITAT1Y3E OF B A L I
o n e o f the Brown complexioned R a c e .
A FAPTDA OR ISTE O-RO
o f th e In d ia n I s l a n d s .
F d jn b u r g h fu ilis h e R b y C o n sta b le. k.C ?U 2 0 .
BOOK I.
CHARACTER.
CHAPTER I.
PHYSICAL FORM OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE
ARCHIPELAGO.
1 wo distinct races o f inhabitants exist—a brown and a negro
race— Their geographical distribution.—Description o f the
brown race.— Stature.—Shape.—Features.— Their hair.—
Complexion.-— Comparison \xoith other races o f men.—
The standard o f personal beauty among them.— Description
o f the negro races.— Account o f an individual by Major
Macinnes.— Sir Everard Home's account o f a Papuan
brought to England by Sir S. Raffles.—Sonnerat’s account o f
the Papuas o f New Guinea.— The negro race to all appear»
ance an irferior one to the brown-complexioned race.—Conjectures
respecting the origin o f the two races Indian islanders
possess robust constitutions.—Diseases to which they
are liable. Fevers.—Small-pox.— Venereal disease.— Gout
and Scrofula hardly known.—Cutaneous disorders very
prevalent.— Intestinal worms.— Parturition.
T± HERE are two aboriginal races of human beings
inhabiting the Indian islands, as different from each
v o l . i . B