The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-14

nous scientists headed by Walter Goodfellow,
he naturalist.
The expedition landed at the mouth Of the
Mimika river, on the south coast of Dutch New
Guinea, in the early part of the year. and at once
iushed into the interior. While ascending the
fnow mountains, at an elevation of about 1000
ieet the explorers came upon the tribe of pig
ies which are said to belong to that division
If the human known as the Negritos.
The Importance of this discovery to anthro-
iologsts can hardly be overestimated, because
has always been subject of controversy
among the scientists as to whether Negritos ex-
sted in the Papuan islands
The New Guinea savages, or Papuans, as they
ire called, are comparatively we'll known, but
hey are very different kind of men to the pig
nes just discovered The typical Papuan is
much taller than the average European, often at
aiming a height of seven feet, and is strongly
'uilt The color of the skin varies from deep
rocolate to nearly black. The nose is large
ind prominent, and nose bar of shell, bone or
wood is usually thrust through it. Both men and
women so about entirely naked. Their houses
are generally built on piles and, in Borneo,
ere often communal and of very large size, many
families occupying building, which may be
MS much as 700 feet long. Then there are re-
larkabe houses built in" trees and known as
'dobbos," but these are used only to escape their
laemies. Cannibasm prevails among the Pa
guans, although it is by no means universal.
The Negritos, on the other hand, which here
tofore have been thought to occupy only the
Andaman islands, in the Bay of Bengal the
northern portion of the Malay peninsula and the
Philippine islands, are characteristicaly short,
10 adult standing over four feet six inches, while
the women rarely exceed four feet. The average
height is about four feet three inches.
The main features of this peculiar human
type, apart from their diminutiveness, are the
extraordinarily dark color of their skin, which
approaches the color of a newly blackleaded
stove, the extremely broad nose. the breadth of
which is about equal to the height and the frizzy
Lair which grows in isolated peppercorn tufts all
over the scalp. Their arms are unusually long,
like those of the manape and their mental quail
ties are sadly undeveloped, not one of them being
nble to express higher numerical idea than
,hree.
How these little people have been able to
rotect themselves against the many dangerous
animals that infest the section. particularly the
gigantic gazeka, which has just been discovered,
IS still mystery, although they have shown re-
markab'e ingenuity in the invention of weapons.
One, for instance, Is variety of Spring gun"
which might prove effective against almost any
living. enemy. 1t is made by setting fattened
bamboo spear attached to a bent sapling which
4; fastened to a trigger in such way that 1t is
eleased by the passerby stumbling against an
Invisible string stretched across the track The
spears are poisoned either with the famous
"upas' or some other similar vegetable poison
and wound from one of them means almost
instant death.
Whether such primitive defensive methods
nvail them against the huge gazeka is not known,
but the chances are that they find safety in
retreat.
According to the official reports, the gazeka is
of gigantic size and fearsome aspect 1t is black
and white striped, has the nose of tapir and
"a face like the devil" Among the English In
habitants of the island, the animal is known as
Moncktons gazeka, in honor Of Mr.. G. A. w.
.Monckton former explorer in New Guinea who
first reported its presence in the mountains
Mr.. Monckton. during his, ascent of Mount Al
bert Edward. In the west Of British New Guinea,