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[word crossed out] having perhaps drifted away from their own
shores [words crossed out] and found
at length other shores, both cases may suppose
possible, And supposing they sprung from more
civilized races which I am inclined to believe
it is likely they understood a little more
about navigation & have larger boats than
we now are apt to suppose.
That the islanders in these seas are a
mixed [word crossed out] race, or people not all of the
same origin has been generally admitted
by travellers & natural historians, [word crossed out]
Several of them have been disposed to divide
them into three principal races (for instance
Lesson a French traveller & Forster too who sailed
with Captain Cook) viz: the Hindu & Caucasian
race, to which are reckoned also the Malays) & the Mongolian
race (such as the inhabitants of the Phillipine &
Caroline islands) and thirdly the [word crossed out] darker
or Black race, [words crossed out]
[words crossed out] including the inhabitants of
Madagascar resembling somewhat the
Caffer, with a further sub division into the Papuas
in New Guinea, the Alfuras includng the
Australians of this Continent & Tasmanians. Thse
latter or an Aboriginees appear to be the most
mixed race & seem in some respects to partake

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