THE REASON WHY" : 



1 Truth bids me look on meu aa autumn leaves, 

 And all they bleed for as the summer's dust 

 Dnren by the whirlwind." YOUNG. 



the point, arid mouth large. To this division belong the inhabitants 

 of the peninsula of Malacca, of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, 



and the adjacent 

 islands of Australia, 

 Van Dieman's 

 Land, New Guinea, 

 New Zealand, and 

 the numberless is- 

 lands scattered 

 throughout the 

 South Sea. 



7. Why have the 

 primitive types re- 

 tained their charac- 

 teristic features 

 chiefly in moun- 

 tainous countries ? 



Because the 

 stream of immi- 

 MALAY. gratioii naturally 



takes place in the direction of rivers, by which the tribes of the 

 plains become mixed and changed ; but mountains are less acces- 

 sible, and frequently form almost impenetrable boundaries. We 

 therefore find among mountaineers the remnants of the oldest races. 



8. TF7i7/ are there so many different complexions in the tribes 

 composing the various types ? 



The problem has occupied the attention of philosophers and 

 divines in' all ages. The result of their investigations shows that 

 no single cause, but a variety of causes, must be considered. The 

 most important of them are, 1, climate ; 2, organization ; 3, inter- 

 marriage ; 4, exceptional circumstances. The influence of climate 

 is shown by the fact that every zone is more or less marked by a 

 distinctive colour. Black prevails under the equator, copper coloui 

 under the tropics, olive and fair towards the poles. 



