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the Malayan or the aboriginal; and the White; the latter, already 

 settled in considerable numbers, before obtaining a cession of the 

 sovereignty of the group. 



At Sydney, and in the vicinity, I met with five races ; the Australian, 

 or the aboriginal ; the White, far preponderating ; the Negro, in a few 

 instances; the Malayan, represented by Polynesians, chiefly from 

 New Zealand; and the Telingan, by some natives of Hindoostan. 



In Luzo?2, there occurred five races; two of them aboriginal, the 

 Malayan and the Negrillo. The Mongolian race, was represented by 

 numerous Chinese residents; the Telingan, by a few Lascars from the 

 shipping; and the White race, by Europeans and persons of Euro- 

 pean descent. 



At Caldera, on Mindanao, I met with but two races ; the Malayan, 

 and the White; the latter, represented by the commander of the post, 

 and possibly also, by some traces among the Muslim population. 



At Sooloo, I met with four races ; the Malayan ; the Negrillo, in an 

 individual perhaps aboriginal ; the Mongolian, represented by a single 

 resident Chinese ; and the Telingan, by two captive Lascars. There 

 was besides, evidence of some mixture of a fifth race, in the persons 

 of the chiefs and the Muslim priest. 



At Singapore, individuals belonging to no less than eight physical 

 races, were found to be congregated together. The White race, was re- 

 presented by Europeans, and by numerous Orientals; the Mongolian, 

 by Chinese ; the Malayan, by the native population of the East Indies; 

 the Telingan, by adventurers from Hindoostan; the Negrillo, by 

 slaves from New Guinea; the Negro too, was present in a few in- 

 stances; as was likewise, the true Abyssinian ; and in all probability 

 the Ethiopian, in some of the mixed Arabs. Indeed, as we had 

 brought with us the Papuan, in the person of Veindovi; the Austra- 

 lian and the Hottentot, were the only races remaining unrepresented 

 at Singapore. 



The existence of such a spot on the globe, is a fact deserving atten- 

 tion ; especiall}^ when it is considered, that this gathering is chiefly 

 independent of European shipping, and of the modern town of Sin- 

 gapore ; the same causes and the same modes of conveyance, having 

 for many centuries, directed emigration from various quarters to the 

 Straits of Malacca. 



At the Cape of Good Hope, the Hottentot race is the aboriginal; but 

 I did not meet with individuals, who were unmixed. The four addi- 

 tional races introduced through European intercourse, have also 



