NEW HANOVER.
SANDWICH ISLE.
ADMIRALTY ISLANDS.
HERMIT ISLANDS.
These islands have been mentioned in detail for the sake of indicating the probable line of population—first towards the east, and next (backwards) to the north-west. Where any of the natives of these islands differ from one another, or from the New Guinea people, it is in having stronger limbs, lighter-coloured skins, hair more or less woolly, and faces more or less angular. All the differences, however, lie within a small compass. All the tribes, too, seem to agree in chewing the betel-nut, going naked (or nearly naked), and painting their bodies.
BOUKA.
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND.
Natives.—Heads large, faces flat, chin prominent, mouth large, lips thin. Muscles well-marked.—Labillardière.[69]
SOLOMON'S ISLANDS.
Vocabulary.—From Port Praslin.—Voyage de l'Astrolabe.