Produced by Colin Bell, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note: Archaic, dialect and variant spellings (including quoted proper nouns) remain as printed, except where noted. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note; significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text. THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES. BY R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S., CORRESPONDING MEMBER TO THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK, ETC. ETC. [Device] LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. M.DCCC.LI. LONDON: Printed by SAMUEL BENTLEY and CO., Bangor House, Shoe Lane. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. DEPENDENCIES IN EUROPE. PAGE Heligoland and the Frisians.--Gibraltar and the Spanish Stock.-- Malta.--The Ionian Islands.--The Channel Islands. 1 CHAPTER II. DEPENDENCIES IN AFRICA. The Gambia Settlements.--Sierra Leone.--The Gold Coast.--The Cape.--The Mauritius.--The Negroes of America. 34 CHAPTER III. BRITISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES IN ASIA. Aden.--The Mongolian Variety.--The Monosyllabic Languages.--Hong Kong.--The Tenasserim Provinces; Maulmein, Ye, Tavoy, Tenasserim, the Mergui Archipelago.--The Môn, Siamese, Avans, Kariens, and Silong.--Arakhan.--Mugs, Khyens.--Chittagong, Tippera, and Sylhet.--Kuki.--Kasia.--Cachars.--Assam.--Nagas.--Singpho.--Jili. --Khamti.--Mishimi.--Abors and Bor-Abors.--Dufla.--Aka.--Muttucks and Miri, and other Tribes of the Valley of Assam.--The Garo.-- Classification.--Mr. Brown's Tables.--The Bodo.--Dhimal.--Kocch. --Lepchas of Sikkim.--Rawat of Kumaon.--Polyandria.--The Tamulian Populations.--Rajmahali Mountaineers.--Kúlis, Khonds, Goands, Chenchwars.--Tudas, &c.--Bhils.--Waralis.--The Tamul, Telinga, Kanara, and Malayalam Languages. 92 CHAPTER IV.