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to  discuss  trace  certain resemblances amongst them  in some

of these    to some of the American tribes,

although,

[Believing?]  shall

show

us I shall

afterwards en-

[deavour?] to

show they were  

originally not

so ignorant  

as they are now,

But in all probability they came originally

from Asia & might have been a mixed

& somewhat degenerate race then.  although I believe   Their is

between the [Americas?] & the Indian Ocean  a chain of numerous islands  smaller & greater  we may

say more than one chain connecting  their  

Australia with  Asia India &  other parts of  Asia  in

general.    Their  is, for instance New Guinea

the Celebes, the Philippines, Caroline islands &  Borneo  (Ceylon)

nearer still we find  the  connecting links

of islands such as Timor, Java, Sumatra

& the Malay  islands  leading close to Peninsulas  with smaller ones in

discovering,  the difficulty would not be great to come here by their [indecipherable.]. Nor is the distance so great

from Africa by way of Madagascar &

the Mauritius as to render it  impossible  that  

some propitious winds might have [indecipherable]

some boats or canoes in safety to there shores,

and thus if in no other way we might account

for the [indecipherable] & [base?]  of African [indecipherable].

have of supposed to exist in some of the  

islands & partly in Australia. Whether the  

original inhabitants left their orig former

country in sea from necessity in search of  

new habitations, or by accident over-

ruled by Providence to people this country

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