MAN. 



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»lways return to their original barbaric mode of living, as soon as 

 all restraint upon their actions has been removed. 



The Malay race includes nations 

 differing widely in form, features, and 

 character, but too imperfectly known to 

 aamit of being accurately described. 

 Some of them, as the inhabitants of New 

 Holland and Van Diemen's Land, resem- 

 ble very nearly the African race; while 

 others, as those of, Malacca, Sumatra, the 

 Sandwich and other islands in the Pacific 

 Ocean, vary in features between the Mon- 

 golian and Caucasian races. 



Tlie American resembles the Mon- * *^' 



golian race in many respects ; but differs from it in having more 



