Category: History - British

The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies

Aden.--The Mongolian Variety.--The Monosyllabic Languages.--Hong Kong.--The Tenasserim Provinces; Maulmein, Ye, Tavoy, Tenasserim, the Mergui Archipelago.--The Môn, Siamese, Avans, Kariens, and Silong.--Arakhan.--Mugs, Khyens.--Chittagong, Tippera, and Sylhet.--Kuki.--Kasia.--...

Chapters

9. Chapter 9

ADEN.--THE MONGOLIAN VARIETY.--THE MONOSYLLABIC LANGUAGES.--HONG KONG.--THE TENASSERIM PROVINCES; MAULMEIN, YE, TAVOY, TENASSERIM, THE MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO.--THE MÔN, SIAMESE, AVA...

8. Chapter 8

Of all the true and unequivocal Negroes, the Mandingos are the most civilized; the basis of their civilization being Arab, and their religion that of the Koran. Hence, they have...

10. Chapter 10

THE SANSKRIT LANGUAGE.--ITS RELATIONS TO CERTAIN MODERN LANGUAGES OF INDIA; TO THE SLAVONIC AND LITHUANIC OF EUROPE.--INFERENCES.-- BRAHMINISM OF THE PURANAS--OF THE INSTITUTES...

12. Chapter 12

THE ATHABASKANS OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COUNTRY.--THE ALGONKIN STOCK.--THE IROQUOIS.--THE SIOUX.--ASSINEBOINS.--THE ESKIMO.--THE KOLÚCH.--THE NEHANNI.--DIGOTHI.--THE ATSINA.--INDIAN...

7. Chapter 7

_Heligoland._--We learn from a passage in the _Germania_ of Tacitus, that certain tribes agreed with each other in the worship of a goddess who was revered as _Earth the Mother_...

11. Chapter 11

BRITISH DEPENDENCIES IN THE MALAYAN PENINSULA.--THE OCEANIC STOCK AND ITS DIVISIONS.--THE MALAY, SEMANG, AND DYAK TYPES.--THE ORANG BINUA.--JAKUNS.--THE BIDUANDA KALLANG.--THE O...

6. Chapter 6

The Athabaskans of the Hudson's Bay Country.--The Algonkin Stock. --The Iroquois.--The Sioux.--Assineboins.--The Eskimo.--The Kolúch.--The Nehanni.--Digothi.--The Atsina.--India...

3. Chapter 3

Aden.--The Mongolian Variety.--The Monosyllabic Languages.--Hong Kong.--The Tenasserim Provinces; Maulmein, Ye, Tavoy, Tenasserim, the Mergui Archipelago.--The Môn, Siamese, Ava...

4. Chapter 4

The Sanskrit Language.--Its Relations to certain Modern Languages of India; to the Slavonic and Lithuanic of Europe.--Inferences.-- Brahminism of the Puranas.--Of the Institutes...

5. Chapter 5

British Dependencies in the Malayan Peninsula.--The Oceanic Stock and its Divisions.--The Malay, Semang, and Dyak Types.--The Orang Binua.--Jakuns.--The Biduanda Kallang.--The O...

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