[2] Malay Archipelago, Chapter XX.
[3] Malay Archipelago, Chapter XXIX.
[4] F. H. H. Guillemard, The Cruise of the “Marchesa,” Chapter XXI.
[5] A note in the Geographical Journal, Vol. xxxviii. p. 211, points out the interesting fact that this custom of shedding tears in welcome was observed by some of the early travellers in many places on the American Continent, both North and South. It has also been noticed among the Andamanese and other Negroid inhabitants of South-Eastern Asia and Australasia.
[6] Like the Megapodes the Brush Turkeys are most interesting birds, which have the habit of making large mounds of rubbish in which they place their eggs, where they are hatched by the heat of fermentation. This species is about the size of a domestic hen, and its large brown egg is very good eating.
[7] The very interesting discovery was made by Mr. Staniforth Smith of sago growing at an altitude of 3500 feet in the region of Kikor River, British New Guinea.—Geog. Journal, vol. xxxix. p. 329.
[8] See [Appendix C.]
[9] The number of individuals examined was not very great and the difference in their measurements are so insignificant, that they may be considered all to belong to one race.
[10] Tuan = master, v. p. 103. The natives always addressed us as “Tuana,” and many babies, of whom their parents were particularly proud, were called “Tuana.”
[11] A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, etc., in the year 1699, by Captain William Dampier.