THE TWO RACES WHICH PEOPLED POLYNESIA. 
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is short for Doveda, which means learned in two of the 
vedas ; another class is called Tribar dee, which means 
learned in three of the vedas. There is no doubt about 
the origin of the distinctive title in the case of three dif- 
ferent classes of Brachmins, why should we doubt about 
the origin of the title of a fourth class, viz., the Missur 
class ? The Egyptians worshipped the cow, so do the 
Hindoos.” The order, number, and character of castes, 
were also the same. 
One thing very observable is, that whilst in all the wan- 
derings of this dark-skinned race, no traces of architectural 
skill have been found in any of the stages of their migration 
east ; yet, when it arrives at the spot where it first meets 
with the brown, then those remains seem to multiply and to 
be of such a character as to indicate a knowledge of archi- 
tecture far surpassing that now possessed by any of the 
natives of the Pacific Ocean. 
Before considering the Polynesian tribes, some of the names 
by which aboriginal races are known may be mentioned as 
bearing testimony to the first and most ancient having been 
black. 
The word Maori, or Mauri, by which the natives of New 
Zealand are known, seems to be derived from the black blood 
of the heart, and to have been given by the Polynesians to 
the ancient inhabitants of the islands on their arrival amongst 
them as a term of reproach for a despised race, equivalent to 
that of nigger with us. But when the black was absorbed in 
the brown, in process of time it became the general name for 
native, and was applied to the entire population, as well as to 
other things ; thus, fresh water is wai maori, and anything 
belonging to the country is he mea maori , a native thing. 
Perhaps the word mauri, or moor, has had a similar origin ; 
hence the English word blackamoor. So likewise may the 
term Hind have been given to India and its sable inhabit- 
ants by its early Aryan conquerors, and thus passed on to 
them in process of time, though also signifying black. 
So with the words Zend , Zind, and Scinde. Thus the 
very names by which those races are still known, testify, 
