s it.

The blacks form the great majority of the coloured population. Besides
these, however, there are--

3. Arabs.

4. Chinese.

5. Hindus, from the continent of India; convicts being transported to
the Mauritius for life, and worked on the roads of the colony.

6. Cingalese from Ceylon--the Kandian chiefs whose presence in their
native country was thought likely to endanger the tranquillity of the
island, were sent hither.

The whites of the Mauritius are chiefly French; though not wholly of
pure blood. The first settlers took their wives from Madagascar. The
English form the smallest part of the population.

_Rodrigues_--occupied by a few French colonists from the Mauritius.

_The Seychelles_--The same; the coloured population outnumbering the
white in the proportion of ten to one. Here there is a Portuguese
admixture. From Maha, the chief town of the Seychelles, to Madagascar,
is five hundred and seventy-six miles--a fact to be borne in mind when
we speculate upon the origin of the population of that island.

* * * * *

_The Africans of British America.--Honduras, Belize, the West India
Islands, and Demerara._--The usual distribution of the population of
these parts is--

WHITE.

1. European whites, born in Europe.
2. Creoles, or whites born in the island.

COLOURED.

_a. Pure Blood._

1. Mandingos, from the river-systems of the Senegal and Gambia.
2. Coromantines--from the Ivory and Gold Coast.
3. Whydahs--from Dahomey.
4. Ibos--from the Lower Niger.
5. Congos--from Portuguese Africa.

_b. Mixed Blood._

1. Sambos, intermixture of the Negro and Mulatto.
2. Mulattoes--Negro and white.
3. Quadroons--Mulatto and white.
4. Mestis--Quadroon and white.

Such is what I find in Mr. Martin's valuable work on the Colonies, and
it is, undoubtedly, a convenient and practical classification. Yet for
the purposes of ethnology, it is deficient in detail. Without even
guessing at the proportion of American slaves which the different parts
of the western coast of Africa may have supplied, I subjoin a brief
notice of tract between the Senegal and Benguela.

1. First come the _Wolof_, between the Senegal and Cape Verde. To the
back of these lie--

2. The _Serawolli_--and around Cape Verde--

3. The _Sereres_--none of these are truly Mandingo; nor is it certain
that many slaves have come from them; such as do, however, are p