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tbe remote Archipelagos of the Pacific^ and some members of 

 the family may have been left behind, and these miiigUng 

 with subsequent arrivals from Papnasta and Malaysia nmy 

 have thus contribut43tl to tbe present bet^TogentHJUS ethnical 

 relations observeil by me. 



That some ct)nnection with the Indo-^tahiyan region has 

 taken place, seems to be indicated by tbe presence of the 

 Tangulmiga one of the Viverruhe, so commonly carried about 

 by these i>oople, and of tbe henls of buftaloes on tbe luaiuhmd, 



OKNAMENTED UELT-RUCKLE. 



animals quite foreign to the Austnt-Mahiyan region, which must 

 have been brought by the Malays, though it is incredible that 

 in tlieir small praus they would carry so grc^iit a quadruped 

 as a buffalo* The Timor- laut tribes have, moreover, been long 

 notorious for their piratical habits, attacking all boats jiassing 

 near their shores, making slaves of the men, and concubines of 

 the women. In the boats that called at Ritabel on their way 

 home from various parts of tbe group I have seen being taken 

 back with them women, whom the chain binding them to 

 the nmst pmclaimed to be slaves captured or bongbt. The 



