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himself tolerably well acquainted with the various elates of lank 

 haired inland A«ianfc*ian tribes, that hnve been least affected by 

 Hindus and Mnhomedans, vrtih their characters, physiognomies, 

 habif#, mode* of life, nrts, religion*, &c, and mm then proceed to 

 the ethnology of the simpler Transindian and Tibeto-Indian trihes, 

 rejecting all Budhistio elements, will hardly perceiva a transition. 

 Not less strong is tho connection between the later Indonesian 

 civilisations, maritime and agricultural, and the later civilisations 

 of Transiialia. 



Of charncleriftic train! each embracing a greater or less num- 

 ber of tribes in both the continental and insular regions, we hart 

 only room to allude to a few, in a very brief and general manner. 

 Bueh are many speciSc supetstitions relating to natural objects and 

 powers, polytheistic religions, the attributes, doings and histories of 

 the gods, worship of ancestors, diseases, ghosts, shamanism, sorcery, 

 ordeal", otmr spelts, charms, evil eye, evil wishes, oblations, ap- 

 propriation of different animals and animals of different colours 'a 

 different gods, death ceremonies and feasts, giving to the deceased 

 wives, slaves*, animals, food, anus kc. modes of burial, exposure 

 of the body on a stagef, burial facing the east, the fear of tho 

 spirit, the means taken to soothe and conciliate it in order to 

 prevent its haunting or doinjr harm to the living, laying the 

 ghoMs of men and even animals that have been slum, future world &c. 

 An instance or two may be given. The Mayama heaven (itself 

 imported from Saba) with its trees loaded with ripe fruit, 

 rousted pigs and other delicacies, which are spontaneously renewed 

 as fa?t as they are removed, is also the heaven of some of the 

 Polynesian tribes. The peculiar fables connected with the dei- 

 fication and personification of the sun, moon and stars, are the 

 same nmongst the Btnua of Johore, the Mangkassars and souio 

 other eastern tribes, as amongst the Kols of India.J The ceremonies 

 attending the consecration of a spot in the houie to the spirit of a 

 deceased relative, inviting him to come and occupy it, searching 

 for the fancied traces of his passage on the ashes that are sprinkled 

 on purpose, are the same in India amongst the Kols and in 

 Indonesia amongst some of the Philipine and Timorean tribes. 

 The same custom slightly modified prevails in Ainhoina, Bali, 

 Maitffkasar tec. The marriage ceremonies have a frequent identity, 

 as with the Himalayan Limbu and the Borncon Kahnyaus&c. The 

 curious division of the price pu id for a wife, and the various ce- 

 remonies attending its payment, have a remarkable resemlianoo 



• There U the same hunting for a great number of heads amoaart tlw wfidet 

 tribet of Olebe* u ihete 1* with the Kuk> on death?, particular* of chiefs, 

 t J Ids has alto extended to Jf. W. and S, Australia. 



t Tim SftbaiAiu of Indonesia and Australia Urn curiam reflection «f <hat which 



Sailed in S. W. Asia, The Moon is ihe wife of tL<« Sua, »i;d the Stan are 

 children. With some tribe* the Sun hmi child rrn oi iff nvn which it devoured. 

 \Mt*» othan the Stan an the abode* of the children, uex-vanta and tubjecti oftht 

 royal t un tod Mooa. 



