. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , we find an admixture of Papuans and Polynesians with Malays. The The small island of Ternate is the seat of the Dutch government Moluccas. Qf t,lie Northern Moluccas; but there is a Malay sultan both of this islandand of Tidore,and these sul-tans divide be-tween them thegreat island ofGilolo ; Batch-ian has also asultan, under aDutch has alarge trade anda v
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , we find an admixture of Papuans and Polynesians with Malays. The The small island of Ternate is the seat of the Dutch government Moluccas. Qf t,lie Northern Moluccas; but there is a Malay sultan both of this islandand of Tidore,and these sul-tans divide be-tween them thegreat island ofGilolo ; Batch-ian has also asultan, under aDutch has alarge trade anda very mixedpopulation. Theisland of Ceramhas only Malayson the coast, theinterior being-inhabited byPapuans; andthe same is thecase nativelanguages ofthese islandsdiffer consider-ably from thosespoken in west-ern islandsalso includemany descend-ants of the Por-tuguese, who settled here before the Dutch ; they have become Protestants. The largenumber of Papuan slaves, Chinese and Arab natives, and mixed de-scendants of Europeans add to the confusion of races. Eeturning northward, the Sulu archipelago is a group of manyislands, north-east of Borneo. The inhabitants are all Mahometan Malays. SULU MAN AND WOMAN.(Fi-oui a jJiofojrap?! /andly I«ii! by Dr. Beddoe, ) THE MALAYS. 89: of considerable civilisation. Their sultan has little real authority, thenative Malay chiefs having most power, and too many of theislands being still in the hands of pirates^. The Spaniards alsoclaim their allegiance, and enforce the claim to some extent. Theyproduce many useful and valuable Eastern products, such as pearls,edible birds nests, tortoise shell, etc.; but are more noted as martsfor slaves. Dr. Guillemard, in his Voyage of the MarclieHa^ hasgiven a most interesting account of these islands, as well as of Celebesand the Moluccas. The Philippine Is-lands, numbering somehundreds, in- The pump-elude two is- P^^® islands,lands, Luzon and Min-danao, larger than Ire
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