A./Plpe..:;
Section 9. Islands of Samoa or Hamoa •• • ................ . . . . 149
Physical type and mythology of the Samoan "
# Islanders ...................... .. * 1£2
CHAPTER VI.
O f the Natives o f the Micronesian Archipelago.
S ection 1. Geographical situation: reason for adopting the
name: questions relative to the origin of the
people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jjjf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 r0
Section 2. General survey of the Caroline Archipelago • • • » >X^9'
Its division into groupes :—
1st. Western graupe. Palaos or Pelèw Islands,
and other clusters-nnearly iifrthfe same longitude
.................................... ,-T.. . . . 1150
2nd Groupe. Cluster of Yap • • • • * ............. 161
3rd Groupe. (Juluthian or Egoy Islands'* •/ • 161
4th Groupe ......... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . qgi
5th Provinoe, or central Groupe of the Caro- *
line Islands ................................................. '. v 162'
_6th Groupe. Ralik and Radak chains............ l6‘4
7th Groupe. Tarawan Islands ........................ 1£>5
Section 3. General survey of the Marian Archipela'g§;, ‘«4«. £67
S ection 4. Brief outline of the history-rof the Marian and
Caroline Islands• • ••.•* ............. .. • . . . d69
Section 5. Ethnographical characters of the Micronesian
» Islanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . «. . . g . r . . . . . . . . . 172
Paragraph 1. Of the different castes of
the Marian Islanders • • • • • • ... . .............. 172
Paragraph 2 . '- Their moral characteristics 173
Paragraph 3. Their religious ideas and
-customs..-* • »• • *. . . . . . . . . .17»
Paragraph 4. Their physical characters • • 177
Section 6. Ethnographical traits of the Caroline Islanders,
with an enquiry into the history and relations
of the Micronesian Islanders in general.......... 179
CHAPTER VII.
O f the Malagasy or Maleoassian Nations, or native Inhabitants
■'^.$f the!stand o f Madagascar.
Page.
S ection 1. ’ Geographical survey of Madagascar and o f the
subdivision of provinces in that island *•• • • . 187
■ Paragraph 2. ‘ Provinces of Madagascar* • 189
S ection 2. Of the different tribes into which the population
of ■Madagascar is divided •» •••........ . 191
History *of the Hovas............. • • • • • .................... 195
Paragraph 2. Of the*'Vazimbas, reputed
aborigines of the interior ....................•. 196
’Section^ 3-. ' 'Ethnographical Characters of, the Malecassians • • 199
Paragraph 1. General characters ••».* * 199
Paragraph 2-.- Description of the Malecassians
from Le Gentil, De Paa:4s, and
others * * * * •• *................................... .. 201
Paragraph 3.' . Characters of particular
ra c e s ................................. 202J
Section 4. The religion; of .-the Malecassians • ••• ............... 205
^Section 5. -On the language and origin of the Malecassians 209
■ „Selection, of words to show the relations of the
Maleoassian language ........... .. 211
CHAPTER VIII.
O f the Black Nations^of Oceanica.—Keleenonesia.
!S$ction 1. General survey •»•I*»............................................. 212
| ■ Division into elasses * * * * . . . . . . ................. . . 214
Section 2. Of the puny Negroes of the Indian Seas ••* » .. 216
Paragraph 1. Natives* of the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands .................... 216
Paragraph 2. Negro raees of Lasso, Luzon,
and other islands in the Philippine Archipelago*
» ** ................... . . . » ......................219
S ection 3. OfthePapuas ........... .. 221