Transcriber's Note:
Archaic, dialect and variant spellings (including quoted proper nouns)remain as printed, except where noted. Minor typographical errorshave been corrected without note; significant amendments have beenlisted at the end of the text.
Greek text appears as originally printed, but with a mouse-hover transliteration, Βιβλος.
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.
[v]
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
DEPENDENCIES IN EUROPE.
Heligoland and the Frisians.—Gibraltar and the Spanish Stock.—Malta.—TheIonian Islands.—The Channel Islands.1
CHAPTER II.
DEPENDENCIES IN AFRICA.
The Gambia Settlements.—Sierra Leone.—The Gold Coast.—TheCape.—The Mauritius.—The Negroes of America.34
CHAPTER III.
BRITISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES IN ASIA.
Aden.—The Mongolian Variety.—The Monosyllabic Languages.—HongKong.—The Tenasserim Provinces; Maulmein, Ye, Tavoy, Tenasserim,the Mergui Archipelago.—The Môn, Siamese, Avans, Kariens, andSilong.—Arakhan.—Mugs, Khyens.—Chittagong, Tippera, andSylhet.—Kuki.—Kasia.—Cachars.—Assam.—Nagas.—Singpho.—Jili.—Khamti.—Mishimi.—Aborsand Bor-Abors.—Dufla.—Aka.—Muttucksand Miri, and other Tribes of the Valley of Assam.—The Garo.—Classification.—Mr.Brown's Tables.—The Bodo.—Dhimal.—Kocch.—Lepchasof Sikkim.—Rawat of Kumaon.—Polyandria.—The TamulianPopulations.—Rajmahali Mountaineers.—Kúlis, Khonds, Goands,Chenchwars.—Tudas, &c.—Bhils.—Waralis.—The Tamul, Telinga,Kanara, and Malayalam Languages.92
CHAPTER IV.[vi]
The Sanskrit Language.—Its Relations to certain Modern Languagesof India; to the Slavonic and Lithuanic of Europe.—Inferences.—Brahminismof the Puranas.—Of the Institutes of Menu.—Extract.—Ofthe Vedas.—Extract.—Inferences.—The Hindús.—Sikhs.—Biluchi.—Afghans.—WanderingTribes.—Miscellaneous Populations.—Ceylon.—Buddhism.—Devil-worship.—Vaddahs.150
CHAPTER V.
British Dependencies in the Malayan Peninsula.—The Oceanic Stock                        
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