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Betel, Bramin, Camphor, Caste, Chintz, Chop, Cooly, Cowrie, Cubeb, Curry, Crone, 
Gentoo, Lac, Madapollams, Masulipatam, Mullagatawney, Muslin, Palanquin, Raja, 
Rupee, Sandalwood, Sugar, Suttee, Talapoin, Teak, Toddy. 
From the Malay are,—Babigroussa, Bankshall, Bantam, Bird of Paradise, Caddy, 
_ Cassiowary, Catecheu, Cockatoo, Compound, Creese, Gambir, Gambago, Godoron, 
_ Gutta-purchah, Japan, Junk, Loory, Mango, Mangostin, Musk, Orang-outang, 
Paddy, Pical, Prow, Ratan, Sago, Sapanwood, Shaddock, Tahil, Upas.—Orang- 
_ outang. Malay, oran-utan, literally man of the forest, but more correctly a rude or 
uncivilized man, a savage, a clown, a rustic. The accent, as in nearly all Malay 
words, is on the penultimate in both words, and not, as we make it, on the last 
syllable. The naturalists, taking the Bornean individual as the type, establish a 
class of monkeys under the name of Ourangs; but the propriety of the term is 
very questionable indeed, seeing that orang means a human being, and is translated 
by the Latin word homo. The name of orang-outang for any kind of monkey is 
unknown to the Malays, and the natives of Borneo call the animal mias. 
From the Chinese are,—Bohea, Congou, Hyson, Mandariue, Nankin, Soy, Tea. 
The number of these is small, owing to the imperfect monosyllabic dialects of ‘China, 
which do not, of course, find a ready way into our polysyllabic language. Nearly 
the whole foreign trade of China is carried on in a jargon of English. 
From the Polynesian, Mr. Crawfurd finds but three words in general acceptance : 
_ —Kangaroo, Taboo, and Tattoo.— Kangaroo. This word has found a place in our 
dictionaries, and was certainly supposed to be an Australian word by Capt. Cook, 
who first used it and described the strange animal to which it is applied ; yet no such 
term is to be found in any Australian language. 
On Ethnical Orthography. By the Rev. A. J. Exits, B.A. 
On the Ghé Nation of the Gold Coast of Africa. By the Rev. A.W. Hanson. 
Herein were given in detail numerous practices and ceremonies closely resembling 
‘those of the Jews. It was considered that they had not been borrowed from the 
_ Mohammedans, and that they were not arbitrary. 


P On the Ethnology of New Caledonia. By A. K. IsBisTEr. 
a ‘The tribes are referable to three divisions. Of these, the most important are the 
Tacullis (or Carriers), the best known of the Athabascan races. 
On certain Additions to the Ethnographical Philology of Africa. 
«- By R. G. Laruam, M.D. 
“On the Transition between the Tibetan and Indian Families in respect to 
Conformation. By R. G. Latuam, M.D. 
a Feibeamrings attention to the researches of Mr. Hodgson (of Nepaul) on the Kocch, 
Bodo, and Dhimal, also to those of Dr. Bird on certain affinities between the 
_ monosyllabic and Tamulian languages. The Garo and Chepang tribes are the most 
8 ae fox the study of the transition. 
& tea | Deals 
iS On the terms Gothiand Geta. By R. G. Latuam, M.D. 
Br ‘In objection to the doctrine lately defended by M. Grimm, that the Goths and 
- Geta were identical, Dr. R. G. Latham found no reason to believe that the Goths 
were so called until they reached the Getic country, and that the name arose then 
d there, not earlier or elsewhere. Just as the Germans of England called them- 
selves North-humbrians aud South-humbrians (the last portion of the name being taken 
—" the country to which they came), so did the Ostro-Goths and the Visi- Goths. 
Reasons were given for disbelieving the Guttones and Gothini to be Germanic. 
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