The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

is one of sociablity, brightness. gentleness, and
hospitality, and they are said to be industrious
and easily taught. When stirred up, as in the
late war with the British, they show no ordi-
nary spirit of bravery and revenge.
The Papuan, whose head forms the central
figure of the group. is in all probability the
worst specimen of mankind the face of the
globe. The distinctive feature of these inhab-
itants of New Guinea is the frizzled, bushy
hair. of a course and why texture. 1t is i'm
possible to show this to its natural extent in
the granite. but we have all seen pictures of
the Feejee Islanders, who belong to the Papu-
an family and remember the striking appear
ance of the hair. When dressed according to
Feejee fashion it forms a resisting mass, and
offers no slight protection against the blow of
a club. The hair dressing of this race occupies
a considerable portion of their time.
In the next face we recognize the negro.
The facial characteristics of the native African
all prominently shown here-the wooly
hair, thick lips, projecting lower part of face,
long and narrow skull and low, retreating fore
head. The Aka adjoining the negro, is known
Familiarity as the "dog-faced" negro. from the
peculiar dOg-like projection Of the lower part
of the face. He is also native of Africa.
The next group of heads on the west side are
those of the aboriginal Americans--the Fue-
gian, BotOcudo and the Pueblo. The repre-
sentative of Terra del Fuego has the wild un-
lace one can bildU OF the Cn1lu
of this rude land. The FuegiaDs are short and
ugly, beardless, and with long black hair of a
rusty iron color They rank very low in the
scale of civilization. The BotOcudo is the repre-
sentative of a native tribe of Brazil. living in
the forests of Rio Doce on the boundary of the
Province of Esperito Santo and Minas Geraces
The BotocudOes or Aymores are an isolated
tribe numbering only some 1000. The BotO-
cudoes dishgure their faces as that here shows
by piercing the lower lip and inserting in the
hole large circular piece of wood.
The clean-cut face of the Pueblo comes as
something of relief after the long row of utter
savages. This type of the American Indian
face is very familiar. The face here shows the
square head, with long. coarse, wavy hair, low,
broad forehead, high, prominent cheek bones
and powerful jaws belonging to all the tribes
of American Indians.
Round the next corner, on the north side, we
find the heads of the Eskimo, Plains Indians
and Samoyede. The face of the Eskimo reveals
the low standard of civilization attained by
these northern fishermen. 1t is essentially a
stupid, it is almost a british, face and the
granite has done we'll in its revelation in the
face before us of the unceanliness of the curious
people. The Plains Indians is, like the Pue-
bios, face we know well.
The difference in the mode of life between
the nomadic Plains and domestic Pueblo is
clearly shown in the two faces The one is
peaceable. apathetic and home-loving; the other
proud, advcnturesome, cruel and immovable
The features are the same in the two men, but
there is all possible difference in expression of
countenance of The Indian from New Mexico
and the Indian from the Western plains.
The next group of heads on the north side
are Mongolian types They are the Coreau,
Japanese and Aino. The COrean and Japanese
as well as the Chinese. which is one of the next
group, round the corner, are also quite familiar.
The features of the Corean are more pro-
nouncedly Mongolian than those of the Japan
csc, whom he most resembles The face is
broad and fiat, the cheek bones standing out
laterally. The eyes arc oblique, and the dis
lance between them is great The eyebrows
form low, imperfect, black arch. The COM