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THE BRITISH COLONIES. 



In South Africa, the British subjects are Dutch, 

 English, Hottentots, Caffres, &c. At the Isle of France 

 and Seychelles, principally French ; at Aden, Arabs ; on 

 the west coast of Africa, negroes. 



In Australia there are about three hundred and 

 twenty-five thousand of the Anglo-Saxon race, and no 

 other European blood ; there are probably one hundred 

 thousand New Zealanders, a fine race ; and scattered 

 savage hordes in Australia. At Gibraltar there is a medley 

 of many Mediterranean and African races. At Malta, a 

 peculiar population, partaking of the characteristics of the 

 various nations under whose dominion the island has 

 passed. In the Ionian Islands, the inhabitants are princi- 

 pally Greek, with some Venetian blood ; in Heligoland, 

 Germans, and in the Norman, or Channel Islands, French. 

 The languages spoken throughout the British empire, are 

 English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, 

 Greek, Persian, Arabic, Maltese, Chinese, Armenian, Hin- 

 doostanee, Bengallee, Mahratti, Tamul, Teloogoo, Car- 

 natica, Ooria, Singale, Malay, Burmese or Assamese, 

 Hottentot, KafTre, Negro, New Zealand, and various bar- 

 barous unwritten tongues. There are about 5,000,000 

 Christians in our foreign possessions, including the Luth- 

 eran, Latin, Greek, and Syrian Churches. There are about 

 50,000,000 Hindoos, professing the religion of Brahm 

 or Brahma; about 20,000,000 Mohammedans; about 



