Part 27

P. 217. Caesar, _de Bello Civili_, i. 54.

Lucan, _Pharsalia_, iii. 131-5.

Bellenden, _The History and Chronicles of Scotland_, &c. 1536 (Edinburgh, 1821), vol. i. p. lix.

Sir W. Wilde, _Catalogue ... of the Royal Irish Academy_ (Dublin, 1863), vol. i. p. 204.

Ulloa, _A Voyage to South America, 1735_ (London, 1807), vol. i. pp. 182-5.

P. 218. Bartolomew Ruiz. See Benzoni, _Historia del Mondo Nuovo_ (Venice, 1572), p. 165 (figure): reproduced in Benzoni (ed. Smyth: Hakluyt Soc., 1857), p. 243: cf. Winsor, _Narrative and Critical History of America_ (London, 1886), vol. ii. p. 508 (figure).

Condamine, M. de la, _Relation abrégée d’un voyage fait dans l’intérieur de l’Amérique méridionale_ (Paris, 1745), p. 30 (on the Maranon, not the Chinchipe R.). ‘Un exprès que j’avois dépêché de Tupenda ... avoit franchi tous ces obstacles sur un petit radeau fait avec deux ou trois pièces de bois, ce qui suffit à un Indien nud et excellent nageur, comme ils le sont tous.’

Wilson, _Prehistoric Man_ (London, 1862), vol. i. p. 177.

P. 219. Bonwick, _Daily Life of the Tasmanians_ (London, 1870), p. 51.

Williams, _Fiji and the Fijians_ (London, 1858), vol. i. p. 76.

P. 220. La Perouse, _Voyage autour du monde_ (Paris, 1797), vol. ii. p. 94.

Wilkes, _U. S. Exploring Expedition_ (Philadelphia, 1845), vol. i. p. 331.

Cook, _Voyages_ (London, 1842), vol. i. p. 425.

Wilkes, l. c, vol. ii. p. 151 (Samoa); iii. pp. 365-6 (Fiji); v. pp. 11-12 (Bowditch Island).

P. 221. Dampier, _A New Voyage round the World_ (London, 1729), vol. i. p. 215 (at Guam in the Ladrones; elsewhere he notes them ‘only at Mindanao’ in the Philippines, pp. 298-300).

P. 221. Pigafetta, _Voyage round the World_ (= Pinkerton (1811), vol. xi. p. 325).

Wilkes, _U.S. Explor. Exped._ (Philadelphia, 1845), vol. v. p. 52 (Kingsmill Is.).

Dampier, _A New Voyage, &c._ (1729), vol. i. p. 298 (Kingsmill Is., and Ladrones).

Baines, quoted in Wood, _Nat. Hist. of Man_ (London, 1868), vol. ii. p. 8.

Cook, _Voyages_ (London, 1842), vol. i. p. 425.

Wilkes, l. c., vol. iii. p. 365 (Fiji); ii. p. 151 (Samoa).

P. 222. Wilkes, l. c., vol. iii. p. 365 (Fiji); v. p. 52 (Kingsmill).

P. 223. De Guignes, _Voyages à Peking, Manille, et l’Ile de France_ (Paris, 1808), vol. iii. p. 402.

Dampier, _A New Voyage round the World_ (London, 1729), pp. 298-300.

Symes, _An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava_ in 1795 (London, 1800), p. 223 (= Pinkerton (1811), vol. ix. p. 455).

P. 226. Wilson, _Prehistoric Man_ (London, 1862), vol. i. p. 175.

Lahontan, _New Voyage to North America_ (London, 1735), vol. i. p. 28.

Lloyd, _Journ. Anthrop. Inst._, vol. iv. p. 28.

P. 227. Wilkinson (Birch), _Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians_ (3rd ed., London, 1878), vol. ii. p. 219.

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Transcriber's Note

Illustrations have been moved next to the text which they illustrate.

The following apparent mistakes have been corrected:

p. xvi "parodoxical" changed to "paradoxical"

p. 35 "haves hown" changed to "have shown"

p. 46 "which I I am" changed to "which I am"

p. 51 "which they resemble." changed to "which they resemble.[19]"

p. 56 (note) "172-80" changed to "172-80."

p. 62 (note) "DC." changed to "D.C."

p. 76 "glaves" changed to "glaives"

Plate XVI. "AUSTRALIAN SHIELDS" changed to "AUSTRALIAN SHIELDS."

p. 158 "Pescheira" changed to "Peschiera"

p. 172 "the Caucasus:" changed to "the Caucasus;"

p. 186 (note) "The former" changed to "The latter"

p. 198 "mats’." changed to "mats.’"

p. 198 "persons’." changed to "persons.’"

p. 214 "Bagdad" changed to "Baghdad"

The following possible mistakes have been left as printed:

p. 31 use it.

p. 72 (1846), vol. ii. 1. p.

The following are used inconsistently in the text:

blowpipe and blow-pipe

Butan and Bootan

cocoa-nut and coco-nut

firearms and fire-arms

gipsies and Gipsies

pl. and Pl.

sheepskin and sheep-skin

shipbuilding and ship-building

wickerwork and wicker-work

Inconsistent punctuation in plates XV and XVI has been retained.