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f They have no kava, bat make toddy, as M. Lutke says,
from the palm-tree. gQ|aI sfidotfiD suit fe siqoeq
I t appears sfrom aboountsegive® by the; same naragater that
in some; islands of this archipelago there are Papuas, or people
nearlj| resembling that raqei, He say® that in the island
of ;Seniavijaey very, neacUhe i€arolines, between ^:4 ^iah d
7 & Ef. L. and in 2Q&?? 202° •;W>. ,• L; •. fr o m Green wich, i and in
Pouynipet, the people resemble th e Papuas# have broad flat
fanes, ibmad flattened nodes, thick lips,ierispi.|iain, large,! salient
ayes» and anexpressibmofdefiance: the colour? of itheirisfein
is between a ehesnut and olive hue. '■? -
The following is. Captain Lutkfr’s .conclusion as to the origin
©fitho^Ckirolrne islandem.
The inhabitants of; the; islands imt, only of the Carolina
Archipelago ^pro^i^yrj^c!* .termed,; but also, of the groupebof
Radak, and perhaps also; of ;the Marian islands, as indicated
!*y ;^lditilang^gest age thetsamn^peopl^ and branchesjofeone
§|bek* All those, who,have visited these islands rare so; far
§§>feod, hut there as-;some difference of;opinion-gas teethe
soureej whence this stock was derived.? nSotme, with Cbamisso,
r^S.rd ;tbetn as - the same Malayan race which peopled the
eastern .islandst of, Polynesia: M. Balbi has adopted this
. -M. Lesson;|seoms to t be the. only writer who -hafe
formed, the. notion 'that they ;were of a differentynoeand a
people of cMongfiJian origin. This hypothesis, fwhich stems
at fij’st very improl^We, iis founded,on some Supposed resem-*
blanoe between .the islanders of theAiCarolm@!.gronp^i;>ahd
particularly p£ the people of jUalan# and the.northern Asiatics*
In theopinipu of? M*ffresspit the physical non#iiution of the
islanders -shews a marked, approximationr to the Mongoliau
particularly! in the oblique position of the * eyes#:' ahd in
the clear yeilqwieiBeitrQai polour of the skin. 11 There 'arpealso
ip some of their # customs and aits, traces of Asiatic.origin or
of communication with f Asia, t % The; high prerogative of the
chieftains,tthe Oppressioni of the; flower classes, their palpals
or broad; hatsi of Chinese form, the peculiar nature of the
cloth which they; manufectur^ the use- of <the compass, and
the mode - of sf afnishing and ornamenting their canoes# are
cited as instances!? \
Some of these observations afford unquestionable proof that
the people of the Caroline Isles have derived some foreign
improvements, and- that forergnj artsBaodBoustoms have been
introduced among them froip tCMijïibïor1Japan, ho from some
country bordering on- thé Indo-Chinese; =seas* against the
inferehcêi/which M. Lesson drew from? such? facts'^Captain
jLiiiké has* made!the*Mlowing%^0)&iQhfeU2
Hb admitsiin partqMl ]^kson?;Siöbgervritjons oftHhë |hy^iOöl
Character of the; people, sqHel .says «that MjikbssohBmaih ty s
remark chiefly amonguth& natives?;ofBbfalan, to whom it is
partially applicable. d ‘ We>tfafere remarked#%hfo adds#dt$oinb
inpivd-dualsy asa3$enh#u so> often, mmniionèd by |rrs#i Who1 bad
narrow obliquely placed e y e s b u t -the; otiajority werC?bf *a
different countenance,;; ;amch! among«thëcfeteales hft 'TJdmh Ve
dMönöt'5aêe!bne who h ad a^MoïjgofianYphy®i^#^ff ; ^SW-
chie&'iead n, careless in d o lèn t^ if^ andBaëïdêns^hxpose^hbën--
setveS-tö the heat of the sun, OOStbchcMj tit
is that their complexion tfeêir yaÜbfe#
whose chesnut; colour differs in nothing ïfrèfe that dff thé
peopï#;éP ©beanica in $4$ êbSê$&tfo§ftPóf
Mi. licfepon; is a d irn ttid ^ h f^ fe ^ ri;^ Wdlafif ftJbéÖtuBi^sItë
extended tö thé matfieli oifether %fehd§ id ! tlfei ^tehifféMpfê
Tfahr? large JsaMenfrmyes, their>^labk!Blp§p^ifeIr'lfat
nek retobus#s^present a strikin^dOutodSt to ;the ©fifceSbhttd
Japanese# and a strdng resemblancef to the phy^iO^hoy-y^f the
people of the Tonga and Sandwich a rb'feOabtóhèê
wMcb^-,:^rtendsi'ith--'1hbir'^hdle exttertóm ïTAe^Chesifat ^ l é u t
of their skim is? nob éven concëalèd hy;th^cy^few powder ^itlt
which they rub? themsdfOsj, 'hhchdj^efliel/èffeceqi^WhftÉ' he
thinks Mihekfeoh may have>been deioèived.fi TheÉoisyf^ihliy
which they all ihahifestp and the ë^öalityiwMbteirm^iBSCëm^g
them, are mulch more Pólynesiah thun Asiatfepted t ó vëfy
limited power óf the^^i^Z^doefemöt-allowmSïtW^^ÉögÖiSê iff
theirpohtiMliarrapgeatónta lany;trafee fof Moiïgoliatf ?sefvihty!
Their mode of weavings 1hiir3clofc is'quite different-from that
of the eastern Pdlynesiany, a®d ■provesiiihatcthdffhihst^?'haf§
derived this art froih some ^bopiejffudÉ^iSfdt&dè^^ca^i-
satiomi But that people-way have beeriBcff efndian#! hot >0f
Mongolian stock. Their huis resemble fhe Chinese, and