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Islands. In no part of the great Malay area has the diffe- 

 rence between the higher and lower varieties of the popula- 

 tion^ been more strongly insisted on, and more accurately 

 explained than here. Yet the testimony of the early Spanish 

 Missionaries, as to the fundamental identity of the Black with 

 the other languages is unanimous ; and, to put the matter 

 further beyond doubt, the few words of the Igorot negroes, 

 near Mariveles, which are supplied by Lafond Luray, who 

 visited them, are Malay also. 



Now, on these grounds, and laying the Andaman Islands 

 out of the question, it may be safely predicated, that, until 

 we reach either New Guinea, or Australia, we have no 

 proofs of the existence of any language fundamentally dif- 

 ferent from the Malay ; whatever may be the difference 

 in physical appearance of those who speak it. 



III. For New Guinea, and the islands Waigioo, and 

 Guebe, I have found only ten short vocabularies, and these 

 only for the north-western districts. One of these, the 

 Guebe, of the voyage of the Astrolabe, although dealt with 

 by Mr. Durville as Papuan, is Malay. The rest, without 

 any exception, have a sufficient portion of Malay words 

 to preclude any argument in favour of their belonging to 

 a fresh class of languages. On the other hand, the com- 

 mercial intercourse between the Papuans and Malays pre- 

 cludes any positive statements as to the existence of a true 

 philological affinity. 



From New Guinea, westward and southward, we have 

 for the localities inhabited by the black tribes with curly 

 hair, the following vocabularies. 



1. For New Ireland. 



A. Gaimard's Carteret Harbour Vocabulary — Voyage 

 de 1' Astrolabe, Philologie, ii. 143. 



B. Durville's Port Praslin Vocabulary. Ibid. 



