Excerpt from The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island, Vol. 1: Geography, Geology, Origin of Island Life If we sum up the results obtained, there is evidence that the Easter l landers are of a twofold origin and that, after the Melanesian immigration, Polynesian immigration followed. The population now tends to assume multicoloured aspect; there has been a late influence from Tahiti (so we we told) and various white men have contributed towards the amelioration OT ti race. The young girl figured on Plates 12 - 13 was said to be of pure East Island race, but whether representing a Melanesian or Polynesian type, I a unable to tell. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.