. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . y in the matter ^2^21™-of religion. Missionaries been zealous in converting thenatives, but it may well be doubtedwhether the moral nature of their con-verts has been seriously affected. Thepeople have keen perceptions in a fewparticulars, b
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . y in the matter ^2^21™-of religion. Missionaries been zealous in converting thenatives, but it may well be doubtedwhether the moral nature of their con-verts has been seriously affected. Thepeople have keen perceptions in a fewparticulars, but the mental power to fixthe attention upon such a problem aslearning to read seems to be is more conspicuously wanting in thepower of that abstract and moral reflec-tion upon which all the higher devel-opments of mind depend, and moststrikingly wanting in moral insight andconscience. Very few instances can becited of the moral reclamation and ef-fective conversion of natives, with theconsequent change and preference forhigher motives and truer methods ofliving. These circumstances have tendedto discourage missionary effort, and toinduce much sober reflection respectingthe mental and moral prospects of thenative tribes of Australia. 724 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. Chapter and Social State OK THE l^ Papuan stemfrom the Blackrace. FIT now remains to followto an easy conclusionthe short remainingbranch of the Blackraces. This seems tohave diverged fromthe Australian stemabout the island of Java. Somewherein the Southern Malay archipelago therewas clearly a divergence of those tribesthat went further east through theCelebes, or Macassar, island from thoseDivergence of that descended on thenorth coast of eastern division con-tinued its course to Xew Guinea, andthence by the way of the Solomon is-lands and the Santa Cruz group as far asFiji. Through this region there arose agroup of Black tribes to which we maygive the name of Papua
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