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THE main object of the expedition was to verify and supplement the anthropological observations that I made in Torres Straits in 1888–89, with the view of the publication of a monograph dealing with the anthropology of the islanders using that term in its widest sense. A few months before leaving I received such a pressing and enthusiastic invitation from Mr. Charles Hose for the expedition to visit the Baram district of Sarawak, that I felt constrained to extend the scope of our work by accepting his tempting offer. The party consisted of Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, Messrs. C. S. Myers, W. McDougall, S. H. Ray, A. Wilkin, C. G. Seligmann, and myself.
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HADDON, A. The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits and Sarawak. Nature 60, 413–416 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060413b0
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