They have the long nose with overhanging apex which is so characteristic of the Papuan, and so absolutely unknown among races of Malayan origin.

On the coast there has been much admixture of some of the Malay races, and perhaps of Hindu, as well as of Portuguese.

The general stature there is lower, the hair wavy instead of frizzled, and the features less prominent.

The houses are built on the ground, while the mountaineers raise theirs on posts three or four feet high.

The common dress is a long cloth, twisted around the waist and hanging to the knee, as shown in the illustration (page 305), copied from a photograph.