INHABITJNG THE MAlWAN PENmSllLA. 3 



ed Oil the subjt'cL It is more tliaii proliablti 

 that the lesidence ol llie MkHioiiaries, wfio 

 are now about establishing? themselves in 

 the Peninsula in order lioth to civilizp and 

 (.0 christianize these wild tribes, will prove 

 a source of some intereslinfr discoveries in 

 dilVerent branches of learning, and chiefly 

 in whatever refers to the people to whom 

 we now direct our attention. In the mean 

 time I will, for the solution of the several # 

 questions which r^n be raised on the origin 

 of the Binuas, direct attention to several 

 facts, and while 1 will recapitulate tlie va- 

 rious opinions whidi have heretofore been 

 offered upon the su Inject, will finally say 

 what appears to nae most probable both 

 from these, sources of information and from 

 what 1 obtained froui the liinuas themselves 

 in the numerous sojourns I made amongst 

 them. 



The first question which naturally pre- 

 sents itself to our mind ot) tln' snl)ject is 



