4 NATIVES OF [ PART I. 



ceived to be Malayan, while in fact the Malays only 

 form one subdivision of it. In general the nations 

 belonging to this race have attained a certain de- 

 velopment of social forms, which, indeed, with some 

 have reached a very artificial state. This family 

 may be subdivided into three great groups : 



1. True Polynesians. They are distinguished by 

 the mythos of Maui or Mawi, the religious or le- 

 gislative custom of the " Tabu ;" also in some de- 

 gree by the drinking of the kawa ; but, above all, 

 by the very intimate connection of their several 

 dialects. In their features they approach the Cau- 

 casian race ; they are generally handsome, and of 

 a light-brown colour. 



They live to the eastward of the Austral negroes : 

 a line running from the north-east extremity of the 

 islands of Hawaii, between the Viti and Tonga 

 islands, and extending westward to the western- 

 most part of the southern island of New Zealand, 

 is the western limit of the true Polynesians. To 

 them belong the following islands : 



Archipelago of Hawaii, or the Sandwich Islands ; 

 their northern limit. 



Nukahiwa, or the Marquesas. 



Archipelago of Pomotou, or Dangerous Islands. 



Archipelago of Tahiti, or the Society Islands. 



Archipelago of Hamoa, or the Navigators. 



Archipelago of Tonga, or the Friendly Islands. 



Fanning Island, Roggewein Island, Mangia, Sa- 

 vage Island. 



