442 MAN : PAST AND PRESENT. [CHAP. 



straight or wavy, smooth and glossy, 2. light chestnut or 

 reddish brown, wavy, rather short and dull. 3. very 

 dark brown or black, wiry, curly or ringletty. All oval 

 in section ; beard of all full, bushy, straight, or wavy, 

 often lighter than hair of head, sometimes very long. 

 Colour: i. florid. 2. pale white, swarthy or very light 

 brown. 3. very variable white, light olive, all shades of 

 brown and even blackish (Eastern Hamites and others}. 

 Skull: T and 3 long (69 to 75); 2. round (87 to 90 

 and upwards] ; all orthognathous (76). Cheek-bone of 

 all small, never projecting laterally, sometimes rather high 

 (some Berbers and Scotch]. Nose, mostly large, narroiv, 

 straight, arched or hooked (46), sometimes rather broad, 

 heavy, concave and short. Eyes, i. mainly blue; 2. brown, 

 hazel-grey and black ; 3. black or deep brown, but also blue 

 (many Hamites]. 



Stature, i. tall (mean 5 ft. 8 or 9 in.}; 2. medium 

 (mean $ft. 6 in.}, but also very tall (Indonesians 5 ft. 9 to 

 6ft.}. 3. under- sized (mean 5 ft. 4 ///.), but variable 

 (some Hamites, Hindus, and others medium or tall}. 

 Lips, mostly rather full and well-shaped, but sometimes 

 thin, or upper lip very long (many Irish}, and under lip 

 pendulous (many Jews}. Arms, rather short as compared 

 with Negro. Legs, shapely, with calves usually well de- 

 veloped. Feet, i. rather large ; 2 and 3, small with high 

 instep. 

 ^ Mental Temperament, i. earnest, energetic, and enterprising ; 



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ters. steadfast, solid, and stolid ; outwardly reserved, thoughtful, 



and deeply religious ; humane, firm, but not wantonly 

 cruel. 2 and 3, brilliant, quick-witted, excitable and 

 impulsive ; sociable and courteous, but fickle, unt?-ust- 

 worthy, and even treacherous (Iberian, South Italian}; 

 often atrociously cruel (many Slavs, Persians, Semites, 

 Indonesians and even SoutJi Europeans] ; aesthetic sense 

 highly, ethic slightly developed. All brave, imaginative, 

 musical, and richly endowed intellectually. 



Speech, mostly of the inflecting order with strong 

 tendency towards analytical forms ; very few stock Ian- 



