THB ETH NO LOOT Q¥ Till INDIA* ARCHH'KLAOO- *V> 



between the latter and the original Tartarian, long eras must have 

 elapsed.* 



The preceding; observations wiH, we hope, satisfy tho reader that 

 it ia as unsafe to enter upon the ethnology of the Indian Archipelago 

 with negative, as it is to do so with positive, preconceptions, 

 respecting the nature and antiquity of the continental relations 

 of its raees.t We must admit the possibility and even probability 



• I think Dr Pri chard ha* drawn too sharp a line between the Turanian and Iranian 

 languages. In his desire to confirm the former to the eastern half of Mid-Asia, he 

 U'uvr tii >; frreaneyeitiea vtlu wt an batf!fMh art tnhdfettietli, awtt Im saayaiai 

 lively recent movement* of the Turkish ajtd Mongol tribes to thu wiwtward; although 

 it h erirlen£ftum the data which be has collected respecting the languages to the N. 



K'.jphnii' * it. nin, that older CTgro- Tartarian elements reached from northern 

 AslseudhWopc, acrost the continent, to thahead, of tliai river, long be fore the move- 

 ments in question broke the continuity. Hence ha received the din-wry of tlie 

 Tartarian character of the Median language with distrust ; and hen re also he looked 

 to the valley of Assam as the path hy which the so called Tamilian family entered 

 India, while ail the probabilities are in favour of their nntthrrn y otutypes having 

 belonged to an oruaalcaJly and iuiguh>rir*lly advanced Mid-Anuutraee, of which 

 ohV'«i pntfrrtd Indiu from the N. \\ . T!ic\ juxbabJy occupied Uka Mate terrftofj 

 which afterward* became the seat of the Irano- Indian tribe* before they moved bito 

 India. The southern and we* tern tribes constituting the great ma*a of the non- 

 Tranlao ovulation of India, Mill pTesenreaphyiicalaitdTnrn fa} arr^nismmtemodiatu 

 between the Iranian and tlw east African. The nhvsiosnemv presented by some 

 of the tribe*, more particularly the eastern one*, clearly shews that the latter phvsU 

 :nHv hul.ing to iht- N. K. ludia nr -vrve>,i:ih. r olfltflTSCas, pftyajcsl t J f O lt CM B to 

 thall. Afrie<ui,ther]. Adan, anfl the Iranian. The quasi Iranian elcimTntlsfart-v, pr* - 



minent in the 8. of India to liave h 





fusion of Irano- Indian blood. 



Itj^int? to migration* from the N. 





* the latter race, and tends to 



confirm the belief, founded on ev< 





, 1h*t tbetrnnslUtTn from the 

 I W. and 8. W. of Asia, was a 

 lion and Semitic tribe* came 



Tartarian to the Iranian and Sard 







il mwet oi the Africa 



n and Old Indian race* wore 



probably derived primarily from 8. W. Asia, daring succesnhc eras, when tbU type 

 we* already established there Then:; wa* also in remote thneau direct communi- 

 cation between India and East Africa, producing an ethnic mterchnnge. 



t An the tubject if probably new to many of our readers, we here recapitulate 

 the more important of the general characteristic* of ethnic history and its dithcultles. 



1. The distinctive physical, Intellectual and linguistic character of ever tribe it 

 given by the family in which it originator 



2. l*'r» judlcwvagolittt foreign racw , fear of them, the difficult? of communicating 

 with them fcc^preserre the tribe with all its pecuHaritlea. 



3. When externa) dranmrtaiices enable a tribe to become populous and powerful, 

 it extends ttaetf ow the earth's auriaee si the expenea of other tribes. 



4. These tribe* kometimes amttlgsmnte with the dominant one and form a mixed 

 moe and langnajrr, but more frequently disappear dtomtlier. Th*y are destroyed; 

 ov ffcrj gradually waste away, from the dominant trit*a talcing their females; or 

 they are reduced to a helot state and lose their own language ; or lh<*y are In- 

 corporated with the dominant race. (Wlun there ia aeouipluus local mixture, the 

 more numerous tribe aaslmDatc* the other although It he dominant) 



ft. Every powerful tribe that has grown up in Its native seat, and then fjipwid 

 t^lf by national movements, or by giving olf fttmlliet-who found new tribes, alters 

 the ethnic aspect of the world, or'et great regions, by displacing and blotting out 

 i.nmer.ni*rp.-.-inndlnnjrt'.n«rt. 



o. This cause most have constantly operated nine* the world, or large portions' 

 of it, were occupied by ntwtral tribes: there has therefore been a succession of 

 anen ethnic revolution*, all exceedingly gradual Sn their progress, although at 

 particular* times they hi** been much uccellerated by national conquests tod 

 forced movements. 



7. The number of existing tribes must beer a very imall proportion to those that 

 have es luted euicethe begiuning of human ht-jtorv; and the conjee efnucuu rjeve- 

 UjujeMB. organic. linguistic Ac, can never be ccrfcctlv traced. 



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