1GG EASTERN GEOOEAPIIV. 



Of I lie ]rl'^ f-jiei-H of hri'l l»tr a* main* :t-> <»i a: l1- • | ,. uliir 

 to < Vh-lw.i mnl iidfuiauil i shun Is, wliil- of thv n-iuniudi r f-'J rVi>:u I ]■>> 



A static and 20 from the Australian region*, Tlireo ivmarkahle genem »f 

 starlings {lutsil»mvt, £m>dcJ, and SHt$OfOttr%Hfiil, two indigenous manpii-M 

 {Streptii-rittfi awl CI\--u-ifurni/t) r and an anomalou* kin^HiiT I ' Vy^^uVi, hnvi« 

 iio near alii?* in tln-> Archipelago, and are only riinotely connected with 

 groups now inhnliitrog tile Asiatic or African wntinenta, Tin- Intocts 

 abjo differ largtdy from thaw of the. Snrnlas ami Moluccas, presenting certain 

 peculiarities of form and OoJfrur OOeUiting nowhure ehe. TJuu, the mop? 

 its living organism* aro examined in detail, tha more it becomes necetmy 

 (a .3.-i,ii-ti this remarkable region from the rert of I he world. 



Inhabitants. — Although usually circled tia Malaya, the bulk of 

 the ii»linliii;iMi^ 1 *■ ■ 1 3 l wild and i-ull nt>-«l, *-«-rn t>» belong rather to the 

 Indonesian group. Nut only the "Alfuros," a collective term 

 applied by the Malays to the rude and pagan natives, but ah\i the 

 civilised people, such as the Mawjktimirs and Bwjhiz of ihe southern 

 peninsula, are des riLied tul I , well-] .report UhhhI, with regular 

 features, and comparatively fair and even while complexion, ami 

 altogether re*etnblmg the Samonnfi, Tali mans, and other eastern 

 Polynesians far more than the Malays. (Dnmont d'tTrville,) 



In peni'mt thii.no dcsorilu'd n.s Alfuron, jiin-li a* i ho ttttMan, Tit.tijwt, fttlli, 

 and many otlmra, are hii&thens at a very low stage nf culture, whiln the 

 civil W>l foiiimuintie.i, I m in mills i-sp-vially in tin* koiiIL |-i 1 ■ % i ! i 

 form of Mohammedanism, modified liy ninny local rite* nnd traditions. 

 The BughU especially we mi inlvlligi'iii !, energulie, m^l daring race, given 

 more to trade and miffing ikan to ngrieiittniY, arid renowmd tliMiighoiit 

 thr ArohipelafgO for tlH-imnumnri'ial OJtalities, vigour, and enterprise. l.oiig 



l.i-f..|-i ill. M. ? 1 t-l 1 1 : 1 1 1 • - 1 :-. 1 1 >ti !i . I .-i ,i !• •: .i n-rtaiii decree of culture, 



durived probably from I he Hindus of Java, nn«l \vi?rn i|i^tinjjiii»b< d by tbt ir 

 niurlvoiis habits, bosju'iality tm j,traniri-r.i. :i;id 1< 1 1 ■ - v. |.-.|.^,. ,,f |,r,|> P p.nili 

 Hangkossars and Ha^hin liavn n po idiar writing syatem, wincwliat rWBIH- 

 hlinj; that of the Smnalran Kfjonfia. ami don I >t less reeetred troxn ihc waa 

 co tn molt Indian 9onrce r Thiir languages belong fiiiiitaiiuiitally to tln< 

 llalayod'olynesian family, but pojues* njjiny inilept tulenL fi>rtn<i, nriil 

 foreign or unknown elements, derived prokibiy from an original Imloneidan 

 form of vpeeoh, dtflhtad through out the Archipelago before the arrivil of 

 tin 1 Mnlaya from tho Anialiu mainland. 



Some of the TH-'ild tiih.^, kb|xm i;d3y i]i theeeulml and rmrlbrru distriet«, 

 are heaLldiuntors, and even eaiinilml>i, and in other reapcrf.* betnw a markiij 

 ro.wmlilatit:e to the Bo mean Dyakaj from whom they are probably 

 descended. 



Political Diviaions.— Celebes ia cltumed entirely by the Dm. h, 

 and Ii divided by ihom into the Ke^idonciesnf MauffiataariAfwittmn') 

 wliiidi '.'iii'-iM''<--i ih«; r<.'. ni hern ] iTiiiMnla-, besiih-> Sulnyer, Sunibaw.t, 

 and part of Ftorie In the Le^r 8undu group, nnd Mrttfirfo, which 

 comprises the northern peninsulas, ivkh the Sioo, Sangnir t and Tulnr 



