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Title: The races of man, and their geographical distribution
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Pickering, Charles, 1805-1878 Hall, John Charles, 1816-1876
Subjects: Ethnology Monogenism and polygenism
Publisher: London : H. G. Bohn
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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aste intermarriedwith the Bramins of the Dekkan, but not with those ofBengal or Guzerat. All the Mahratta Bramins I met with,appeared to be of unmixed White descent; but one of themsaid that the Telinga Bramins were highly respected, whilethe Bengal, Guzerat, Cutch, and Cashmere Bramins wereregarded as impure. From repeated inquiries it appeared that the rules of caste are independent of colour or physical differencebetween the two races; and farther, that, unlike what takesplace in other countries and in respect to other races, nosuch distinction is recognised by the people themselves. Iam not, on this account, prepared to abandon the claims ofthe Telingan to be considered a distinct race; but I confessthe population of this part of India seemed so blended thatI was unable to define the precise limits. To the westward of Hindostan, at Muscat, I saw twoindividuals whose personal appearance agreed entirely withthat of the Telingan race. They were from Bahrein, in thePersian Gulf. 21 9.
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COLO -KIA NATIVE OF WESTERN AFRICA THE >EG110 RACE. 187 MADAGASCAR. On tlie passage from Singapore to the United States, theVincennes touched at the island of St. Helena; where Ifound myself, as I supposed, again among Lascars, in thisinstance, more or less mixed with Negroes. On inquiry, Iwas greatly surprised to learn that, notwithstanding theadmitted resemblance, this class of the population hadbeen all brought many years since from Madagascar. On the other hand, I was unable to detect the slightestappearances of Telingan admixture among the numbers ofMadagascar people seen subsequently at Zanzibar. It istrue, these had been derived, perhaps exclusively, from theSakalava country, on the western coast. In regard, how-ever, to the alleged origin of the St. Helena people, Elliss*description of the Betanimena and Betsimisaraka seemsto correspond; and in another place he expressly mentionsthe occurrence of straight-haired blacks among the popu-lation of Madagascar. Drury appears to h

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