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The palace and park : its natural history, and its portrait gallery, together with a description of the Pompeian Court (1859)

Phillips, Samuel, Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854, Scharf, George, Sir, 1820-1895, Owen, Richard, 1804-1892, Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888 · Sydenham : Crystal Palace Library · leaf 490

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27 ETHNOLOGY. the sides, the structure of a raft being superadded to that of a boat. The sailing vessels take the following form. Less nautical than the Malays — the Papuan family is more so than the Austrahan, … With some varieties the hair is far more elaborately dressed than with those of the present group ; being twisted into long curls, likened to the thrums of a mop, stiffened with oil, and washed in alkaline leys, which give a red tinge. When this kind of ornamentation attains its fullest…

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