CHAPTER III.
Researches into the ancient History o f the Malay o-Polynesian
Race...
Page.
Section 1. Of the Malayan or more recent period in the history
of this race ....................*'• ** *!* ”
Section 2. Of the Javan period, or of the age of Indian culture
among the nations of thg Archipelago • * 39
Paragraph 1. Of the languages of Java,
and especially the Kawi * ï * - . . . . . . . . . . 40
Paragraph 2. Of the historical records of
the Javans* • • • • • • • ••***.................. • • -45
Paragraph 3. ; Remains of ancient art in
Java . * * *J * ••• -48-
Section 3. Earlier history of the*Malayo-Polynesian nations«
, -^gtate of these nations before the Javan
„period . . . . . . . . .................................... • • • • v 50
Paragraph 1. „ Of the Tagala* • ............• ■ -,-51
Paragraph 2. Of the Malecassian language,
or the language of Madagascar • • 53
Section 4» General idea of the history of the MaTayo-Polynesian
nations and their languages <••• *,* *\**-*'yi54
CHAPTER IV.
History o f the Malay o- Pólynésian Race continued* Nations o f
the Indian Archipelago. = . ’
Section 1. Of the natives of the Philippine Islands............. .. 56
Section 2. • Of the natives of Sumatra* • • • • • * * ............. * • * 66
Paragraph 1. Of the Orang Malaio • • • • 66
Paragraph 2. Of the Battas, and Neas
and Poggy Islanders • ••••*,?• • •• • • • • • 69
Paragraph 3. Other Sumatran tribes;
the Rejangs, Lampungs, and Achi • • • • 72
Section 3. Of the people of Java and the neighbouring islands;
the Javans, Sundas, Madurans, and Balians* • 72
Page.
Section 4. Of the Bugis and other nations of Celebes . . . . 77
Physical characters of the Bugis 81
S ^ ctio|||'^5. The1 native people of the Island of Borneo. . . . . . .82
> Recent account of the Dayak tribes by Mr. Earle 88
Physical 'characters of the Dayaks . . . . . . . . . . 90
S ection Of the TernStas and the inhabitants of the Moluccas
in general '.................... 91
^ ecti0Nv',7»^ ' Islanders of the Timorian chain «-»•. . . . . . . . . 94
Mr. Earles account of the natives of Timor and
fca the'!neighbouringrislands • • *........... .. 95
' The Kissa- language • • • • « . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Physioahchaaractfers of these races distinctively • • 98
CHAPTER V. ^
‘ Of thk Polynesian Nations properly so termed, or the Islanders
o f Rastfiph'-Oce'aniea. Ijj
| ^ e5ction 1. General remarks- «■ ...................... ..................... 102.
IPeCtion 2. The Tongan Islanders v t'i. * * . , . . . . . . . 193
’ ^Tbb^ mythology and traditions . .................. ........ 104
—Jiheif-differentjclasses • ............. .. . *108
- • Their moral and-physical characters . . . . . . . . . . 110
S ection- 3. TbeTahitian brimCh Of The Polynesian stock • . . . 111
Histoityibf the Tahitian - cosmogony »«•. • . . . . . 112
Mythology of the' Tahitians 115
Their "physical and mentahcharacters • *»•.. • .. .1 1 7
S ection* 4.*v The »Maorians orfSew Zealanders * • • • . . . . . . . . 122
Enumeration of the Maorian tribes 125
Their physical characters .................................. 127
I Their>traditions and mythology i * .. ♦ . . . . . . . . . 133
"Section 5. The Hawaiian dir Sandwich Islanders* » * . . . . . . . 134
Their traditions, mythology, and religious customs 136
Their; physical characters -. * ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
S ection 6.. Natives of the groupe of Nouka-Hiva, or the
.-■•■*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
^ECTiON* *7*.- Archipelago of Paumotu • ............................... 139
Description of the Gambier Islanders 141
S ec t ion * 8. Natives of Wai|iou, Teapi, or Easter Island* * *. 145