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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Miscellaneous. 
  

  

  We 
  must 
  again 
  guard 
  against 
  the 
  error 
  of 
  accepting 
  all 
  radical 
  terms 
  as 
  

   proving 
  affinity 
  of 
  race 
  ; 
  the 
  terms 
  most 
  certain 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  immediate 
  surroundings 
  or 
  events, 
  such 
  as 
  for 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   body, 
  head, 
  mouth, 
  feet, 
  &c., 
  the 
  principal 
  physical 
  objects 
  — 
  sun, 
  moon, 
  

   stars, 
  earth, 
  &c.; 
  articles 
  of 
  food 
  — 
  water, 
  rice, 
  fruit, 
  &c.; 
  calls 
  to 
  companions 
  

   as 
  come, 
  go, 
  give, 
  &c. 
  If 
  the 
  terms 
  be 
  not 
  connected 
  with 
  immediate 
  

   surroundings 
  then 
  they 
  become 
  less 
  valuable 
  in 
  support 
  of 
  proof 
  of 
  racial 
  

   affinity, 
  as 
  for 
  example 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  

  In 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  

  Dog 
  

  

  asu, 
  gaso, 
  kaso, 
  aso 
  

  

  tasu 
  AiigamiNaga, 
  azz 
  Nowgong 
  Naga, 
  East 
  of 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  Horse 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  kuda 
  

  

  ghoda, 
  Kiranti, 
  Nepal 
  ; 
  ghora,, 
  Nepal 
  ; 
  kodo, 
  kudata. 
  

   Central 
  India 
  ; 
  kudre. 
  Southern 
  India. 
  

  

  Crow 
  

  

  gaga 
  

  

  gagaW-po, 
  Kiranti, 
  Nepal 
  ; 
  giigga, 
  Central 
  India 
  ; 
  

   kakka, 
  Southern 
  India. 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  ., 
  

  

  kurbau 
  

  

  krebo, 
  Teressa, 
  Nicobar 
  Islands 
  ; 
  kla-ou 
  booh, 
  Talain, 
  

   Pegu. 
  

  

  Cocoa-nut 
  

  

  nior 
  

  

  nio, 
  Malagasi 
  ; 
  nazi, 
  Swahili 
  ; 
  nyu, 
  md, 
  niivi, 
  mia, 
  

   niula, 
  luen, 
  nuini, 
  etc., 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  ; 
  nm, 
  

   Samoa 
  and 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  Here 
  the 
  words 
  dog, 
  horse, 
  crow 
  and 
  buffalo 
  being 
  similar, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  in 
  

   Malay 
  and 
  several 
  races 
  of 
  Asia, 
  do 
  not 
  indicate 
  affinity, 
  but 
  only 
  that 
  such 
  

   animals 
  had 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  thence. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary 
  the 
  radical 
  Malay 
  

   word 
  nior, 
  having 
  wide 
  similarity 
  from 
  Africa 
  to 
  Polynesia, 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  

   to 
  indicate 
  affinity 
  of 
  race, 
  for 
  as 
  the 
  cocoa-nut 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore, 
  

   letting 
  its 
  fruit 
  fall 
  to 
  float 
  and 
  be 
  carried 
  to 
  all 
  tropical 
  regions, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  have 
  preceded 
  the 
  emigrant 
  tribes 
  ; 
  thus, 
  as 
  they 
  approached 
  

   each 
  island 
  or 
  shore, 
  they 
  carried 
  the 
  fossil 
  word 
  and 
  applied 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   species 
  of 
  tree, 
  in 
  whichever 
  parts 
  of 
  their 
  vast 
  regions 
  it 
  had 
  drifted 
  and 
  

   germinated, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  carried, 
  exceptionally, 
  the 
  fruit 
  with 
  them. 
  

   Again, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  examples 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  In 
  Malagaai. 
  

  

  

  Dog 
  .. 
  

   Cattle 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  aviboa 
  

   ombi 
  

  

  imbna, 
  Inhambane 
  ; 
  imbua, 
  Sofala 
  ; 
  umboa, 
  Cap 
  Delgado. 
  

   ngonihe, 
  Tette, 
  Sena, 
  Qiiellimane, 
  Mosambique, 
  Cap 
  Delgado, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  dog 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  are 
  not 
  indigenous 
  words 
  of 
  Malagasi, 
  but 
  derivative 
  

   from 
  Africa, 
  the 
  designations 
  having 
  been 
  imported 
  with 
  the 
  animals 
  

   themselves. 
  

  

  Hence, 
  in 
  choosing 
  words 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  dictionaries 
  for 
  compari^ 
  

   son, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  above 
  considerations 
  in 
  view, 
  and 
  have 
  adopted 
  only 
  

   such 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  held 
  as 
  radical, 
  indigenous, 
  or 
  truly 
  fossil. 
  By 
  this 
  means 
  

   the 
  racial 
  affinities 
  of 
  the 
  separate 
  and 
  far 
  distant 
  tribes 
  can 
  be 
  indicated 
  in 
  

   the 
  Barata 
  of 
  the 
  tropics 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  G-ypsies 
  of 
  Europe 
  or 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  in 
  

  

  