XXXVII.

The minimum amount of time necessary for the maximum amount of difference is the measure of the shortest admissible recent period.

XXXVIII.

The probable nature of the future changes in the relationship between the different varieties of man is, certainly, within the department of the ethnologist. In this case, however, he reverses his method, and, arguing from the past and present to the future, argues from cause to effect also.

XXXIX.

Still his proper sphere is limited to the appreciation of physical influences. The historian measures the influence of a great warrior. The ethnologist inquires whether the American of New England can be acclimatized to the intertropical influences of Brazil.

NOTE.

Translation and Transliteration (Metagraphy) of the specimens of—

A.
The Vei writing (syllabic).

AmuamosaRorafavalaaroyayadengmuuluruVaike
AndhemansendRorafathertohesaidohohchildwhobegotteninVeithis
ananiyearoinimosaabinakilafagboluyeromomula
hecomeherehesayyoumustmansendhimfetchbackbooksaymanwhogo
keawatangBalakamo ngoaRorafatala.
thishis——nameBalaka————heRorafathermet.