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but for two centuries later Mohammedan invaders held their ground, the population still contains a large infusion Moorish blood. The country is very diversified. the N. the range of the Sierra Morena cuts off from New Castile; and the Sierra Nevada,,. an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, the southern portion. The lowlands of coast are warm and richly productive. Anis now divided into the provinces of Seville, Jaen, Grenada, Huelva, Cordova, and Malaga. The chief towns bear the names. The vegetable products are grain, oranges, figs, cotton, and sugar. The yield all varieties of metallic ore. ‘The are famous throughout Spain, as are also bulls bred for the national sport. It has an. of 33,340 square miles, Andalusite, a silicate of aluminium crystal lis-' in large rhombic prisms, often of a white colour, occurring in slates and schists. And a man Islands, a group of six large and smaller islands, divided by Duncan Pa age, the Bay of Bengal (lat. 10° to 14° N., long. 95° They were discovered by Peyraud, in 1607, occupied by the English in 1791, but subsea ban do ned. In 1857, during the mutiny, were adopted as a penal settlement, and are used for that purpose. Port Blair om south island is the seat of government. Lord Governor-General of India, was a as-: there by a convict in 1872. Area 3,000: miles. The Andamanese islanders, often: called “Min copies,” have lately been studied by Mr. E. H. Man, in a series of pers contributed to the Journal of the Anthrapo-. Institute (1882-3). They are a homo people, everywhere presenting the same- Negrito type—short stature (4 ft. 8 in. to: ft.), short woolly black hair, growing in spiral. very dark, almost black, complexion, softened undeveloped negro features—and generally the other Negrito groups of the Malay. (Semangs), and Philippine Islands But the language, of which there are: distinct branches, and seven or eight marked is entirely distinct from any other known. of speech, though in its morphology offering analogies both to the Dravidian of India. to the Australian family. They occupy a very | social state, living almost entirely by the and fishing, in small isolated groups of 50 80 persons, who wear scarcely any clothing, and 138 form of have able Otherwise they cruel, them understandings landing tion the more vicinity appear years to tion somewhat of is dante is of Kure, divided Andelys, on with tories artificial canton of coming it The the Coblentz in then Emperor nephew, castle the of grit trade Danish nt father, education, however, his secured This only way official. (126 Andante. both permanent and temporary encampments wood huts, varying in size and durability. They terms only for the first two numerals, though to count by means of the fingers up to ten. their natural intelligence is considerable; are kind to their women and children, and the ferocious character formerly attributed to is shown by Mr. Man to be based on mis between the natives and strangers on their shores. Since the British occupaand the establishment of penal settlements in archipelago, the Andamanese have been brought and more into contact with other people, and ons of mixed breed are now often seen in the of Port Blair. But the pure aborigines ‘to be dying out. One large tribe some ago numbering about 1,000 is now reduced little over 300, and the whole indigenous populaappears to fall below 4,000.