Whatever may have been the origin of the Polynesians, it is certainly most probable that their reason for going round these Papuan islands (whether from the east or west), and not taking possession of them, was the fact of their being previously inhabited by the Papuans."[86] FOOTNOTES: [49] Terms applied to geographical distribution rather than to physical conformation; _Malay_ and _Negrito_ being terms expressive of physical conformation rather than of geographical distribution. [50] History of Sumatra, p. 383. [51] History of Sumatra, p. 41. [52] Marsden's, History of Sumatra. [53] History of Sumatra, p. 53. [54] Prichard, vol. v. [55] A division of the Kelænonesians. [56] The _g-_ pronounced as in _get_. [57] Rajah Brooke's Journal, vol. i. p. 83. [58] Brooke, vol. ii. p. 65. [59] Description des Isles Philippines. [60] From Prichard, vol. v. p. 220. [61] Page 302, &c. [62] United States' Exploring Expedition. [63] According to the map and nomenclature of Dumont Durville. [64] In Tahitian, Taaroa. [65] Beechey. [66] _Amphi-nesian_, from _amfi_=_around_, and _næsos_=_island_; _Protonesian_, from _protos_=_first_; _Kelino-nesian_, from _kelainos_=_black_. This last term is Prichard's. I am aware that all these forms are, etymologically, incorrect. The first part is Greek, the termination, _-an_, Latin; so that they are impossible words in the language from which they are supposed to be taken. Still the forms _Polynesian_ and _Peloponnesian_, establish a convenient, though exceptionable, precedent. [67] "This house resembled the smaller houses we afterwards saw in New Guinea, and it may have been erected merely in imitation of those the islanders have seen in that country. We afterwards saw, on Masseed, a solitary house like those of Darnley and Murray Islands." [68] See page 168. [69] Prichard. Vol. v., p. 232. [70] Denoting that by some writers the Vanikoro tribes have been placed in another class. Their language has been considered as Polynesian rather than Papua. [71] See p. 204. [72] February 10, 1843. [73] Vol. vi. p. 110. [74] As the _ch_ in _chest_. [75] A work of Purkinje on the distribution of the sounds in different languages, I know only from the reference to it in Müller's Physiology. The beautiful application of this by Professor Graves, of Dublin, will be noticed when speaking of the ethnology of Ireland. [76] Captain Gray; from Prichard. Vol. v. [77] _Qu?_--Delawares. [78] United States' Exploring Expedition, vol. vi. [79] Parum fecundæ mulieres; apud quas quinta Lucina rarissimum. Viri inculpantur; quorum Venus plerumque præcox et effræna, ebrietas perpetua. [80] Zoffany; Asiatic Researches, vol. ii. [81] Marsden's Translation, p. 619. [82] Asiatic Researches, vol. iv. p. 131. [83] Page 185. [84] Vol. ii. p. 251. [85] See p. 193. [86] Voyage of the _Fly_, p. 251. D. HYPERBOREAN MONGOLIDÆ.