224 NATURAL HISTORY OP 



by a solar theism, distinct from the subsequent elabo- 

 rate astronomical religions, but containing the basis of 

 what has since been ascribed to Foh and Budha, which 

 both Mongolic and Eastern Caucasians have long re- 

 vered on the continent, and in the Asiatic Archipelago. 



The Malay form, whether composed of two normal 

 types, or of three, in various quantities of admixture, 

 can be traced to Ceylon, where the blowpipe, the out- 

 rigger canoe, and other peculiar customs and words 

 give evidence that it visited at least the southern por- 

 tion of the island. In the same manner, and by like 

 evidence, they are found to be a component part of the 

 populations in North Australia, Polynesia, and pro- 

 bably in the eastern portions of South America, where 

 the blowpipe is likewise in use, and a variety of prac- 

 tices, customs, opinions, weapons, -and industrial arts ; 

 feather mantles and caps, tasselled swords and war 

 clubs, support the opinion of a community of origin, 

 which is still further substantiated by legends and tra- 

 ditions. 



The Malays, as before hinted, do not extend far into 

 the interior of the east coast of Sumatra ; the local 

 tribes belong to the Orangulu, extending thence to the 

 Rejang Islands : apparently they originate from a mix- 

 ture of the Negro type with aberrant Caucasians, or 

 Indo-Chinese, having the slender points, pale yellow 

 colour, and even the practice of allowing the nails to 

 grow, of a Mongolic character, though they crush the 

 nose, and draw out the ears, in order to look more like 

 Papuas. In Java, the Malay stem is still less predo- 



