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In Peru, at Lima and in the vicinity, I met with the same three 

 races ; here, however, interspersed in more equal proportions ; and a 

 variety of complicated mixtures had sprung up, which were distin- 

 guished by different names. On the Andes, the aboriginal race was 

 found to preponderate ; and the Negro, was rare. 



At San Francisco, in North Califoj'nia, I met with three races ; the 

 Malayan, which is the aboriginal, and is also represented by the Poly- 

 nesian crews of trading vessels; the White race; and in a single in- 

 stance, the Negro. 



Three races also occurred in Oregon ; the Mongolian, here the abo- 

 riginal, and far predominating at the time of our visit; the White 

 race, consisting principally of the missionaries, and of persons con- 

 nected with the Hudson Bay Company; and the Malayan, represented 

 by a few Polynesians. A Negro, I believe, effected his escape from 

 one of the vessels of the Expedition ; and in this manner, a fourth race 

 was added to the foregoinor. 



Leaving now the shores of America, at the Hawaiian Islands, I met 

 with five races; the Malayan, here the aboriginal; the White; the 

 Negro; the Mongolian, represented by several imported Chinese; and 

 the fifth race, by an individual from Hindoostan. 



A single race occurred among the eastern Paumotus ; the Malayan 

 or the aboriginal. In the western part of the same coral archipelago, 

 we received on board a shipwrecked European. 



At Taheiti, notwithstanding it is so much frequented by trading- 

 vessels, I observed but two races; the Malayan, or the aboriginal; 

 and the White race. 



The same two races occurred at the Samoan or Navigator Islands ; 

 where the resident Whites, consisted of the missionaries, and of nu- 

 merous deserters from trading vessels. 



The island of Tongatahoo, was the first place visited, where two 

 races had been brought in contact without European intervention ; 

 these were, the Malayan or the aboriginal, and the Papuan from the 

 Feejee Islands. Three additional races had arrived in trading vessels; 

 the White; the Negro, represented by a single resident; and the Ne- 

 grillo, by a lad from Aramanga. 



At the Feejee Islands, the Papuan and the Malayan races, had 

 again aboriginally met together. But Polynesians had likewise been 

 introduced by trading-vessels; as had the resident Whites; and a 

 native of Hindoostan ; making in all, four races. 



At the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand, I met with but two races; 



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