THE AUSTRALIAN RACE. 



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lardiere would have much weight with me, as they exhibit very deci- 

 dedly, the projecting forehead of the Australian. Not being aware 

 of the presence of a Tasmannian in Sydney, I lost the opportunity of 

 seeinof him : those who were more fortunate, were unable to recofr- 

 nise any resemblance in the Feejeeans, whom we shortly afterwards 

 visited. 



OTHER AUSTRALIANS. 



It is hardly probable that I have met with the Australian race in a 

 different quarter of the globe ; but the personal appearance of two in- 

 dividuals seen at different times, so strongly reminded me of it, that I 

 have concluded to mention the particulars. The first instance was 

 that of a ' Calcutta man,' who commanded one of the schooners plying 

 among the Hawaiian Islands. He came on board the Vincennes in 

 company with two Chinese; when the inferior stature of all three, 

 became very striking in the midst of our men. His complexion, I 

 noted at the time, was " as black as the darkest Negro we have on 

 board;" the features too, were similar to those of the Negro; but the 

 hair was entirely like that of Europeans. 



The other individual referred to, was seen by me when travelling 

 in Western Hindostan. I here fell in with several of the immense 

 droves of bullocks, owned and accompanied by the Brinjarry women ; 

 who, with their husbands, evidently belonged to the White race. On 

 one occasion, I was surprised to see, as I supposed, a Negress among 

 them ; but I was immediately corrected by my Parsee attendant; who 

 added, that " many of them are like this woman ;" and on a nearer 

 approach, I perceived that her hair was perfectly straight. 



In connexion with these two examples, I would refer to the 

 reported existence of a tribe of blacks in the vicinity of Lake 

 Zurrah, in central Persia ; and also to the description by Hero- 

 dotus, of the 'Asiatic Ethiopians.' 



