. 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. THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS. {^Pvom a photograph lent by Dr. Beddoe, ) industrious, cleanly, and anxious to learn; the men made roads, and learnedgames, the women became good seamstresses and made good whether we contemplate the Australians who survive or the Tas-manians who are extinct, we are impressed by the kinship of mankindto animals, the slowness of t
. 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. THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS. {^Pvom a photograph lent by Dr. Beddoe, ) industrious, cleanly, and anxious to learn; the men made roads, and learnedgames, the women became good seamstresses and made good whether we contemplate the Australians who survive or the Tas-manians who are extinct, we are impressed by the kinship of mankindto animals, the slowness of their elevation, the bitterness of the strifethat has arisen between the aborigines and the lower members ofEuropean races, and the inexorable operation of the laws of naturalselection and survival of the fittest to cope with circumstances, that is,the best equipped and strongest in one way or another. ^ The melancholy story of the extinction of the Tasmanians is well told bj- Bonwick, in his Lost Tasmaniau Race. His Daily Life of the Tasmanians gives an account of their manners and <Jlf D1AK HEAD DANCE. CHAPTEE )e $nf)abttant<5 of iiflalaysiia* The Malay Archipelago — European invasion — Hindu civilisation — The Dutch in Java andSumatra—The Javanese—Government—The culture system—Physical characters—Mechanicalskill —Malay character — Running amok—Religion—Language—Javanese houses—Malaydress — Ceremonial manners — Marriage — Burial — Sumatra—Sumatran tribes—Villages—Labour—The balai—The Battaks—Banca and Billiton—Bali—Lombok—The Dutch in Borneo—Sir James Brooke in Sarawak—Labuan—British North Borneo—Brunei—Dyak houses-Character and ornaments — War costume and weapons —Head-hunting —Superstitions—Celebes—The Bugis and Macassars—The Moluccas—The Sulus—The Philippine Islands—TheTagals, Bisayans, etc.—The Aetas. N respect of natural products, tlie MalayArchipelago is cert
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