Frienpl?
IsLESi;
M ao u n . Jto-hogs, amj f t f É j M H f « * o «™ « .
:twc»ty-four.Kaara. The natives.of Oyelay? H J H w H K f l l t , ;
and K ü o hW d the tas* village a B gW W
a afv while. the- ï i^ S k e l e t witjr Janoes
„le 1 remarkable for a ferocity 4 A a r a O e r ^ d j to « U H ■■>
any other Bjri ■ ■ ■ & th iy aïe ■ H i N I B ’
lifhina: their wooden .works very
T h e v b a s e m oaly. the bairk. clqth, but a f i p d jm g g f t g
probably from flax,' refembling that of Ne:w ^ealan^ f ^ e B « e c b
1 1 bnderftbod by a native of the Philippines,. « ¥
Malay, a language far more widely fpread than that o f
Romans, and diffufed through all the
Peroufe proceeds to obferve tha t th e original inhabitants o f , t ^ ‘4m h p -
pines N ew Guinea, &c."werè tfia t'ra c e o f Woolly-headed M
' found in the interior o f'th e larger iflands ; and in W e g B g g f
the breed feems mingled vrith that o f the Malaysf | I n |e n d a l t%riatter
are remarkable for treachery and ferocity ; ’b u th um a n ^ h a ra ^ e r' gjg>ends
fo m u c h o n ü tu a tio n , that, when f r e ^ f rom ojoprefflon a n d » f t i n e
wars, the Malays appear to be an honeft ^ i e W e e n t |
is to be regretted that enquiries more fcientific' have not b ^ ^ fo ^ tu te c l,
in order to aiüftraté'their origin. . / ' | ;
T h é Iflands q f N avigators are'covered w ith , fruitJr^es 6 ^ vampus dS-
feriptions, in which wood pigeons and fnrtledoyes fwarm, and togame
them is 'a favourite amufement o f the natives. Among the cofalfecks
o f the fhore are found many pebbles o f bafalt* w h e n p e . ^ ^ r o u f e i d |
concludes th a t they are o f volcanic origin,; h ut this new theory fjj$,and8
is very rarely to. be admitted.
In- Polynefk, as in Auftralafia, many important drfcoveries ' a | K
fervations remain to be made, which will gradually enlarge the bounds
©f geography, fo that in time they may, like America, afpirejo hedii-
tinft portions of the globe, and admit a- correfponding-extent of defcrip-
tjon, But. in the prefent imperfect ftate. of our knowledge it .W# «men
Efficient to indicate their proper- arrangement in a defcriptfon. of t
«.arth; for their connections with Afia are fo intimate,.that if*, by 1 e
völg&off'pQfterity'/tHèy’ bd.rê|eSaeèt^graud aOddfeparatesMiVifions, 'they
ér ^xif^# beE»bpirfider-è^ appendages
toM-hat q-uferferMbfnhè'Wr^|^jfMg^antid#^|ftx®i^ésrtainty; the accemnti
ö:fe|hefeèxteh&^dMïv^É^s-ifhas b'e'eh as* n^lrja^ limks‘ as
wereteampatibleiwithu^ ju^i^sjts. •GQfr'dernin'g Éhoiaji^tUation, inhabi-’
tants^and.-praxhidfliohs. ti
iêuj}sKa%fea't’ünd^VolyniJia^.r
The^planta baye,already; been,m^htïöhed as'.ch-aratfteEizitig the Botany,
penjia-fuia ,p£ JHandoftap and India\b|yo®dvth^:|Ga|igesv. form* a yëry efr/
fential '^ami.se? jfi the -botany dfthqTerrpreWde^gi^jij^'s; Chat ,geographers
ha-Jfaiftiomifoed by the^i-S^gfe ©f&p..PJhlipp|hds,-bfhe Moluccas',- and
Sunfla, and whigji, on this account^ may-he règardedds forming:
a-large .and important appendix tathsAdaign.1fflnrihem/ h Situated
as^heyt arphhje^tiy undear the equator,'and-extersding to'arhh'diftaifee of
about ten degrees north and fouth on each < fide 'off it, .every thing that
ca® produced1 in .'vegetation by the combinedidnfluence ofheat and
mo t iv e. -is here exhibited in comgleat perfe&ion.l Being inhabited by
a vigilant and warlike people, and unhealthy, in the extréme to. an European
conftitution, only a few commercial fettlem*bntsiha,ve been efta-
blifhq&on the fea 'coafts, 'fo that we remain alrqoft entirely ignorant o f '
their interior vegetable produdfiqns, many of which 'are probably, peculiar
fo thefe countries, and require ..even a more intenfe heat than is to be
found in>the plains of Hind’oftan.
All the Eaft Indian palms, fuch as the cocoa nUt^.the.areca, thefago,
the palmetto* and the great fan-palm, abound in iKefer-ifl-arids^and fur-
nifli food- and wind tp the natives a t‘the kaft ‘poffible expence o f labour
nor are they deftitute of any of tbofe fruit-bearing trees that adorn and
enrich the neighbouring continentthfe'tJkfei'Q^s mango,fifhé^&ented
euggpj.a, the fitodjum and cynometra, remarkable-for- the^ags-of oily
farinaceous kernels, refemb|ing the almond-and cheftnut, that- they pro-
duce from'their trunks,: thè fêver-cooling tamarind-, the pomegranate^
^ud the orange, with all its< kindred -fpecieS' and.-varieties,^nurtured by
the free unftinted bounty of nature, offer thémfêlveé éh .eeery fide'to
- p i the