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  BB 
  Tramactions, 
  — 
  Miscellaneous, 
  

  

  are 
  detected, 
  and 
  none 
  such 
  as 
  would 
  indicate 
  connection. 
  The 
  Barata 
  

   language 
  must 
  therefore 
  be 
  held 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  purely 
  tropical 
  one, 
  its 
  offshoots 
  

   seldom 
  extending 
  above 
  thirty 
  degrees 
  from 
  the 
  equator. 
  With 
  Chinese, 
  

   exceptional 
  analogies 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  either 
  doubtful 
  or 
  

   accidental. 
  

  

  A 
  fit 
  sequel 
  to 
  this 
  present 
  paper 
  (I 
  suggest) 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Appendix 
  

   II., 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  compared 
  the 
  languages 
  of 
  the 
  Malayan 
  Archipelago 
  with 
  

   that 
  of 
  Samoa 
  or 
  the 
  Navigators 
  Islands 
  in 
  Polynesia. 
  I 
  am 
  enabled 
  to 
  do 
  

   this 
  by 
  the 
  recent 
  publication 
  of 
  a 
  Samoan 
  Grammar 
  and 
  Dictionary, 
  by 
  

   the 
  Eev. 
  George 
  Pratt, 
  edited 
  by 
  the 
  Kev. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Whitnee, 
  F.E.G.S. 
  This 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  interesting 
  as 
  Samoa 
  is 
  the 
  reputed 
  

   Hawaiki 
  '-'= 
  of 
  the 
  Maori. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  by 
  the 
  comparative 
  vocabulary 
  given 
  in 
  Appendix 
  II, 
  

   that 
  all 
  objects 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  Samoan 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  

   are, 
  almost 
  without 
  exception, 
  represented 
  radically 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  words 
  in 
  

   either 
  region. 
  Objects 
  unknown 
  to 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  course 
  are 
  

   not 
  represented 
  — 
  such 
  as 
  deer, 
  gold, 
  honey, 
  iron, 
  monkey, 
  etc. 
  And 
  the 
  

   locality 
  where 
  these 
  Malayo-Polynesian 
  affinities 
  exist 
  is 
  not 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   point 
  out, 
  viz., 
  the 
  Moluccas; 
  thus 
  of 
  the 
  94 
  analogies 
  represented, 
  24 
  

   are 
  found 
  in 
  Ceram, 
  11 
  in 
  Matabello, 
  7 
  in 
  Borou, 
  7 
  in 
  Amboyna, 
  7 
  in 
  

   Sula 
  Islands, 
  7 
  in 
  Sangair, 
  6 
  in 
  Celebes!. 
  Again 
  of 
  the 
  114 
  words 
  

   contained 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  list 
  only 
  26 
  are 
  Malay. 
  Thus 
  on 
  our 
  premises 
  

   we 
  would 
  infer 
  that 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  Samoa 
  was 
  not 
  directly 
  derived 
  

   from 
  Malaya 
  (Sumatra 
  or 
  Malay 
  Peninsula) 
  but 
  from 
  the 
  Moluccas. 
  In 
  

   other 
  words, 
  in 
  the 
  diffusion 
  of 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  the 
  Barata 
  race, 
  while 
  Malaya 
  

   may 
  have 
  acted 
  as 
  a 
  vein 
  or 
  path— 
  the 
  Moluccas 
  acted 
  as 
  a 
  gland 
  or 
  

   stepping-stone. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  purpose 
  no 
  region 
  could 
  be 
  more 
  appropriate 
  than 
  the 
  Mol- 
  

   uccas, 
  for 
  here 
  were 
  the 
  spices 
  and 
  rare 
  birds 
  so 
  attractive 
  to 
  commerce, 
  to 
  

   be 
  found. 
  From 
  time 
  immemorial 
  here 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  great 
  rendezvous 
  of 
  

   Barat, 
  that 
  is, 
  ivestern 
  adventurers 
  and 
  couquerers, 
  and 
  from 
  whence 
  their 
  

   more 
  enterprising 
  spirits 
  would 
  venture 
  further 
  east. 
  Thus, 
  if 
  it 
  be 
  said 
  

   that 
  the 
  Moluccas 
  were 
  the 
  stepping-stone 
  to 
  Barata 
  emigration, 
  so 
  also 
  is 
  

   it 
  said 
  that 
  Samoa 
  was 
  the 
  focus 
  of 
  Polynesian 
  dispersion. 
  

  

  That 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  found 
  a, 
  language 
  in 
  the 
  Malayan 
  Archipelago 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  analogous 
  to 
  Samoan 
  is 
  consistent 
  with 
  our 
  theory 
  — 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  paper 
  neither 
  has 
  there 
  been 
  found 
  a 
  language 
  in 
  

   Hindustan 
  completely 
  consistent 
  with 
  the 
  Malagas-malayo-polynesian 
  dia- 
  

   lects. 
  In 
  both 
  cases, 
  however, 
  the 
  unquestionable 
  evidence 
  of 
  root 
  or 
  fossil 
  

  

  * 
  Query 
  ; 
  Hawa-iki, 
  literally 
  small 
  harbour, 
  or 
  coral 
  reef 
  opening, 
  

   t 
  See 
  Appendix 
  III. 
  

  

  