searches in Bali, 151-56.— Decree of the Council of India permitting Mr Freiderich to proceed to Bali on behalf of the Society &c., 156— Researches of Mr Freiderich, 157.
V.
Notices of Lombok, by J. R. Logan, Esq. ... 160
VI.
Of the Religion of Sassak, by M. Zollinger. ... 165
Castes, Burning of the dead, Stabbing and burning of widows, Great feast of Kalia Dewa Yagua, 165-170.
VII.
Notes on Malacca, by J. B. Westerhout, Esq, Assistant Resident at Malacca. ... 171
Gold mines of Ophir &c., history, produce, mode of working, 171.— Tin, id., id., 172.— Population of Malacca in 1846-47, 173,
VIII.
Offerings on the island Seman. ... 174
IX.
Cannibals on the island Floris ... id.
X.
A white Deer, ... 175
XI.
Area of the Indian Archipelago, and of the islands claimed by the Netherlands. ... 176-181
XII.
On the Malayan and Polynesian Languages and Races, by J. Crawfurd, Esq, F. R. S. ... 183
The theory of the original community of race and language of the inhabitants of the Archipelago unfounded 183.— Three groups of races physically distinct, 184— 1st. Five races of the Malay or men of brown-complexion with lank hair, 184.— 2d. Eight negro races, 185.— 3rd. Men of brown-complexion with frizzled hair, 181.— Phonetical, grammatical and verbal examination of the languages shewing thet many are essentially distinct. Malay and Javanese, 191.— Malagasi, 193.— Bugis, 195.— Philippine languages, 197.— Polynesian language, 201.— Languages of the Negro Races, 205.— The quantity of Malay and Javanese words in the other languages in proportion to the facility or difficulty of communication with Sumatra and Java, 200.— Rejection of Malay and Javanese by the Hindus, Arabians. Persians, Hindu Chinese, Chinese and Australians, 210.— Proportion of Malay words in the different languages which have received them, 211.— Observations on the supposed evidence of one original language furnished by the diffusion of its numerals and other words representing simple and primitive ideas, 212.— Only two widely disseminated languages, the Malay in the Archipelago and the Polynesian in Polynesia, 216.—
The Malay disseminated in the Archipelego by conquest, settlement, and commerce, and in the Malagasi and Poly-