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'Life in the Sandwich Islands,' 1851, p. 277. Ruschenberger<br />

is quoted by Bonwick, 'Last <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Tasmanians,' 1870, p. 378. Bishop is quoted by<br />

Sir E. Belcher, 'Voyage Round the World,' 1843,<br />

vol. i. p. 272. I owe the census <strong>of</strong> the several<br />

years to the kindness <strong>of</strong> Mr. Coan, at the request<br />

<strong>of</strong> Dr. Youmans <strong>of</strong> New York; and in<br />

most cases I have compared the Youmans figures<br />

with those given in several <strong>of</strong> the abovenamed<br />

works. I have omitted the census for<br />

1850, as I have seen two widely different numbers<br />

given.)<br />

Lastly, Mr. Macnamara states (44. '<strong>The</strong> Indian<br />

Medical Gazette,' Nov. 1, 1871, p. 240.) that the<br />

low and degraded inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the Andaman<br />

Islands, on the eastern side <strong>of</strong> the Gulf <strong>of</strong> Bengal,<br />

are "eminently susceptible to any change <strong>of</strong><br />

climate: in fact, take them away from their island<br />

homes, and they are almost certain to die,<br />

and that independently <strong>of</strong> diet or extraneous<br />

influences." He further states that the inhabi-

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