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MAECHANT SINGER AND CO., PRINTERS, INGRAM “COURT, FENCHURCU-STREET.
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. .
‘General Survey^
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BMMPfry 1 • Geographical- outline of the Oceanic nations . . . . I
^■Section 2 ,'i Of the human inhabitants of Oeeaniea—Different
races and groupes ef nations............................ 3
CHAPTER II.
History o f the Malay.o-Polyytesian Mations.
Section 1. General survey and.subdi^sioh of .these nations - • 6
S ect | ^ 2. Of $ e nature. of the affinity discovered between
/Malayo-Polynesian Janguages, and of the
different opinions as to its origin .................... 9
Section^ . Of the characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian
languages ...................................................... . . jq
Paragraph 2. On the Polynesian or eastern
branch • • . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... .. jo
S ection 4. Of the origin of Sanskrit words existing in the
M alayo- Polynesian dialects, and of the supposed
relationship of the Malayo-Polynesian
and Indo-European families of languages . . . . 23