. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ^^//sKa^/ , fl6M'i- Mi Ttiftl: 40° "'C" Méridiâo or breenwicn 180" jO° ||[|niï|l Lands in which the population is increasing'. The population increases also in the islands inserted on the map. In all the others it diminishea. -^__^^^^^_ 1,800 Miles. hundred and forty thousand, reduced to one hundred and fifty thousand by Forster, who assigned six hundred and fift}^ thousand to the whole of Pol^mesia. At present the Polynesians number scarcely more than one hundred and ten thousand, but while they are thus disappearing at a rapid rate they sti
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . ^^//sKa^/ , fl6M'i- Mi Ttiftl: 40° "'C" Méridiâo or breenwicn 180" jO° ||[|niï|l Lands in which the population is increasing'. The population increases also in the islands inserted on the map. In all the others it diminishea. -^__^^^^^_ 1,800 Miles. hundred and forty thousand, reduced to one hundred and fifty thousand by Forster, who assigned six hundred and fift}^ thousand to the whole of Pol^mesia. At present the Polynesians number scarcely more than one hundred and ten thousand, but while they are thus disappearing at a rapid rate they still remain physically one of the finest races on the face of the globe. In this respect there appears to be no deterioration, and the decrease in numbers must be attributed in great part to numerous external causes, such as former massacres, the contract labour system, especially before it was regulated by government control, the sale of strong drinks, and above all the epidemics introduced b}' the white traders and seafarers. In 1778, immediately after Cook's visit, Hawaii was decimated by this scourge, and what the Hawaiians assert all their Polynesian kindred repeat, that disease and extermination were introduced by the Europeans. Even the adoption of European clothes, rendering them more susceptible to
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