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Madagascar, whicli liad itself, at a later period, 



received men of otlicr races." 



Tlip races inhabiting, however, tlie iand of 

 New South Wales and Van Dieman s Land or 



vtilst those of the latter country arc more 

 closely alliiMl to tJie Papiuins. As far as regards 

 their occasionally miserable appearance, (for 

 many ^re xansi^ in. 1^ iii|erior,) it may l}e 



suppl}^ of food. Having no natural fruits, they 

 subsist principally upon the produce of the 

 chasCj having nothing to induce them to culti- 



mA i tbfif m fixed litftat^fclSoas^ 



tribes or families remove to those localities 

 where gauK^ niav uhoiindj and as too long a stay 

 iu any situation would cause a scarcity of game, 

 tliey seldefm Jrewia j$ one spot longer tlian 

 ^ktm ixr %wt days^ Brnf 4iSmint ihm 

 ^n^in respect to country and climate, froni those 

 races inhabiting tfie Polynt^sian Arcliipehtgo, 

 who live in a luxuriant and fertile country^ 

 abounding in all the vegetables and fruJla 

 «)l t£0|^bad emtntiies, as weO as having 

 fowls, ac.'* 



* Among the Cfuroaulos Imiiantr in. the iiifcctldi! of Bfiusi], 



