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dog and man to the islands of the Great Ocean, 

 and that it was first introduced there by the Eu- 

 ropeans. According to our experience, this re- 

 mark holds good of the islands of the first province, 

 as well as of New Zealand and the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



The common worm seems to be an universally 

 diffused animal ; we found it in the low islands, 

 wherever mould had been formed. 



We now proceed from the view of inferior na- 

 ture to the contemplation of man. 



The first race of men that attract our attention 

 are the Papuas, or Austral negroes, with woolly 

 hair, projecting jaw-bones, thick lips, and black 

 skin. These negroes appear to us as the aborigines 

 of the East Indian islands, and of part of the 

 nearest continents and forelands before the immi- 

 gration of other nations, and the commencement 

 of history. They have been expelled from most 

 points by foreign nations who have immigrated, 

 and have fled before them into the mountains of 

 the interior, which they inhabit as separate savage 

 tribes. 



We meet first in the west, in the island of Ma- 

 dagascar, as in the East Indian islands, with two 

 decidedly different races of men. The Madecasses, 

 who are the most known to us, and who, divided 

 into separate hostile kingdoms, possess all the 

 coasts, are one people, and speak one language. 

 Drury calls them also negroes. Their hair is long 



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