344 JOHN FRASER. 
It is thus evident that the origin of the race cannot be deter- 
mined from the evidence of Polynesian traditions. Hence the 
inquirer must fall back on the language of the people, their phy- 
sical features, and their religion, for evidence in this quest ; and 
their language is mainly our concern at present; for, just as some- 
times we know a man by the company he keeps, so the language 
of a race may, at least, tell us either what was the speech of their 
ancestors, or with whom the people have since associated. In 
1836-40, K. Wilhelm von Humboldt, in his book on the ‘ Kawi’ 
—the ancient language of Java—showed the relationship of the. 
dialects of Eastern Polynesia with the Malay of the Indian 
Archipelago and the Malagasy of Madagascar. Hence the name 
Malayo-Polynesian has been applied to these languages. But 
_ this is an unfortunately chosen name and should not be used ; for 
it assumes that the Malays and the Polynesians are the same race, 
although it is evident that the Malay and the brown Polynesian 
are, in physique, temperament, and customs, very different styles 
of men ; and itis known that the Malay is only a recent invader 
of that Archipelago, and is largely Mongoloid, while the Polynesian 
is not. In 1841, Professor Franz Bopp of Berlin, published his 
views as to the relationship of the Malay language to the Poly- 
nesian. He held that they are both allied to the Aryan family, 
and, recognizing Sanskrit root-words in both, he said that the 
Malays brought these words from India, and that the Polynesians 
had got these and other words from the same source, but through 
the Malays. Again, the distinguished philologist, Hans Ch. von der 
Gabelentz, in his two volumes on “Die Melanesischen Sprachen ” 
(1860-73), declared that he found traces of a common origin in 
the Melanesian and Polynesian languages; but Dr. A. B. Meyer 
(Leipsic, 1882) thinks differently, and still another opinion is 
advanced by Dr. A. Lesson in his “ Les Polynesiens ” (Paris, 
1880-82). 
In our own language, the most important book on the “ Poly- 
nesian Race” is one in three volumes by the late Judge Abraham 
Fornander of Maui, Sandwich Islands (London, 1878-85). He 
