Paragraph 1. Tribes inhabiting the “ Isles
des Papous” • ...........................................222
Peculiarities of the skull of the Papuas of Waigiou
as described by MM. Quoi and Gaimard * • • • 224
Paragraph 2. Papuas of New Guinea •• . 225
Section 4. Papua races in the countries immediately to the
eastward of New G u in ea............... ......... .. • 230
Paragraph 1. New Britain and New Ireland
. . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . .......... '. - « V «
Paragraph 2, Solomon's Islands »• • •»
Section 5. Natives of the New Hebrides- • ......................... 233
Section 6. Natives of New Caledonia......................................238
Section 7. Natives of Tasmania * • • ...................... . . ..239
Section 8. Black races speaking Polynesian dialects ■ 239
Paragraph 1. Groupe of Vanikoro,- Tiko-
pia, and the neighbouring islands • . . . •. 240
Paragraph 2.»: Natives, of the Fijian of
Vitian Archipelago» • ............. .. . . . . . . . . 242
. Note m the Fijian language ................".. 249
Section 9. Of the Alforians, Alfourous, or Ilaraforas .<•• 254
CHAPTER IX.
O f the Natives o f Australasia.
Section 1. Discovery of different parts of Australasia, and
subdivision of the coast into different regions 258
Section 2. General descriptions of the different tribes on the
Australian coast.......................... , * 4
Mythology and tradition of the Australians •*. . 264
Section 3. Moral state of the. Australians. Ethnographical
traits . ............................................ , g | 266
Section 4. Of the language of the Australasians ............... 271
Paragraph ‘4 J; Characters of the Australian
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Analogies of the Australian and Tamulian languages
....................................... 277
CHAPTER X.
Wpkcluding Remarks oh the History and physical Characters
o f t he Océànfc*NaHbitS.
Page.
Section I . Remarks ori" the history of the Black races*. . . . . 280
‘SEO'f'lb^f 2.‘ On the physical characters Of the Oceanic races 281
B O O K V I.
E thnography« of America.
CHAPTER I.
Genèr'àr Survey o f the A bori’gihal Pedple%f America.
.Section 1.
Section 2.
S ection 3y
Section 4.
S'ECTïlIÿ 5.
Introductîftw remarks............................................. 289
Paragraph ï'.’ Of the» mutual resemblance
1 * observed between the American races ». . . 290
Paragraph 2. Of the * psychological dif-
' ferences said tô ’êxist betwfeen the American
races and those of the Old Continent 296
" Paragraph Antiquity of American arts 300
General remarks* on the American languages « « « • 302
Of the characteristics of the American languages 308
Universality of these characteristics among the
American languages....................... .. 313
General observations on the relations of the Ame-
1 rican languages............... » . . . ................. 316
CHAPTER II.
Nations o f Central America.
Section 1. Geographical survey of Central America. .»-.. 321