In the oceanic islands of the Pacific three different peoples occur, who have been called Melanesians, Polynesians and Micronesians.'
These form themselves naturally into two broad but very distinct divisions - the dark and brown races; the first division being represented by the Melanesians, and the Polynesians and Micronesians together forming the second.
Of their sub-division, the Micronesians, the same cannot be said.
The Micronesians then are probably of Malay stock much modified by early Polynesian crossings, and probably, within historic times, by Papuan and even Japanese and Chinese migrations.
The natives are Micronesians, and are darker and shorter than their kinsmen, the Caroline Islanders.
The natives are Micronesians of a dark brown colour, though lighter shades occur.
