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Natives of New Guinea.
(Fac-simile of early engraving.)

When D'Urville regained the boat he found a dozen Papuans playing, eating, and seeming on the best possible terms with the boatmen. "In a short time," he says, "they had surrounded me, repeating, 'Captain, bongous,' and offering various tokens of good will. These people are, in general, of diminutive stature, their constitution is slight and feeble; leprosy is a common disease among them; their voice is soft, their behaviour grave, polite, and even marked with a certain air of melancholy that is habitually characteristic of them."

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Project Gutenberg's Celebrated Travels and Travellers, by Jules Verne Published 1881

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Sunday 8 March 2020

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