14 Transactions. —Miscellaneous. 
Maoris and other peoples, as inferred by European Scholars, on Ethnologi- 
cal principles or from peculiar existing customs : in other pci, I propose 
to examine the questions “ Are there any populations in the Pacific Islands 
with whom there is reason to suppose that the Maoris have blood relations, 
either by parallel descent from & common ancestor or by a more immediate 
Now before I proceed 
this part of my general subject, it is 
ethnologists are, generally, a i 
Pacific Islands (meaning by this term th 
sia and America), into certain 
leading Sroups ; though I must add, in my judgment, not unfrequently, 
with very inadequate designations. On the whole, I think the division 
into five such stoups, now usually accepted on the continent of Europe, is 
the clearest and best, though not wholly free from objections: I shall, 
therefore, adopt this here ; though it is not an exhaustive division and 
many instances occur, as might naturally be expe 
of the lines of partition, and of the intermingling 
populations, 
The names of these divisions are : 
I. Malaisia, Comprehending Sumatra, 
Moluccas, Sooloo, Philippine Islands, 
of Malacca and Formosa. 
cted, of the overlapping 
of distinct but adjoining 
Java, Borneo, Celebes, 
and a considerable part 
The characteristic of this people is 
that they have brownish-yellow skins and lank black hair. 
Il. Melanesia, Comprising New Guinea, Arra, Mysol, Waygeon, 
New Britain, New Ireland, New Caledonia, New Hebrides and 
the Solomon Islands, These people are dark (nearly black) as 
regards their skins, with woolly and frizzly hair. The western 
* I have made one exception in the case of Baschmann, “ Iles Marquises,” Berl., 8. 
1843, to whom I have referred constantly in the latt 
€r portion of this paper for views of 
the Analogies between the Tahitian and Hawaian dialects, 
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