1. That the ruder tribes were, as such, likely to be Negrito;
2. That the Negrito tongues would be allied to each other.
The view, held by me now, will be given in a future notice.
ON THE NEGRITO LANGUAGES.
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BEFORE THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
FEBRUARY 10, 1843.
By the term Negrito is meant those tribes of the Asiatic and Australian islands, who, in one or more of their physical characters, depart from the type of the nations in their neighbourhood and approach that of the African. The word is more comprehensive than Arafura, Andaman, or Papuan, and less comprehensive than Negro.
Of the Negrito localities the most western are—