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Manilla, for admitting on these islands a third 

 race, different from the negroes and the civilized 

 light-coloured inhabitants of the coasts. 



The language of the Papuas, who live in in- 

 sulated branches among other nations, without 

 connection or community, must have been sub- 

 divided into many different dialects ; the Malays 

 of the peninsula of Malacca regard the dialects of 

 the negro mountaineers as mere chii-ping, which 

 can only be compared to the voice of larger birds; 

 and, in many islands, no more favourable idea of 

 it is entertained. The language of the Haraforas 

 is considered as a peculiar one, which has nothing 

 in common with the languages of the other tribes.* 

 The Spaniards, on the contrary, affirm of the Aetas 

 of the Philippines that in the rules of their idiom, 

 there is a great coincidence with those of the inha- 

 bitants of the coasts, (Fra Juan de la Conception,^ 

 and that they speak dialects of the same language 

 as the Indians (Zuniaa.) 



According to Forster, the languages of the 

 tribes of his second race of men are not only totally 

 different from the general language of the South- 

 Sea islanders, but are even among themselves 

 entirely distinct and dissimilar. The specimens 

 given by him contain, however, besides the nu- 

 merals, a few other roots, which are common to 



* Leyden, 1. c. p. 217 and 218. Marsdcn's Grammar, In- 

 troduction, p. 22. 



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