VIII.] THE NORTHERN MONGOLS. 303 



On the whole he considers that, as at present constituted, 

 their affinities are less with the Continental than with the Oceanic 

 Mongols, meaning by this expression Lesson's "Pelasgo-Mongols," 

 that is, both the Malayan and the Polynesian groups of the 

 Oceanic peoples. As the true Polynesians, i.e. the Indonesians, 

 belong physically to the Caucasic division, Hamy's view accords 

 very well with the now established fact that Caucasic features- 

 light eyes, large nose, hair often brown, full beard, fair and even 

 white skin, tall stature are conspicuous, especially amongst the 

 upper classes and many of the southern Koreans 1 . The round 

 form of Ur Hamy's skulls no longer presents any difficulty, 

 since multitudes of other Caucasic peoples the Slavs, the South 

 Germans, the Swiss and Tyrolese for instance are also charac- 

 terised by distinctly round heads ; and if it be said that this is 

 due to mixture in the West, the same cause applies with equal 

 force in the East, where the Koreans are now shown to be a mixed 

 race, the Mongol element dominating in the north, as might be 

 expected, and the Caucasic in the south. 



These conclusions seem to be confirmed by what is known 

 of the early movements, migrations, and dis- Korean 

 placements of the populations in North-east Asia origins and 

 about the dawn of history. In these vicissitudes 

 the Koreans, as they are now called 2 , appear to have first taken 



or sub-brachy, varying from 81 to 83 '8 and 84*8. The author remarks 

 generally that " photographes et cranes different, du tout au tout, des choses 

 similaires venues jusqu'a present de Mongolia et de Chine, et font plutot 

 penser au Japon, a Formose, et d'une maniere plus generale a ce vaste 

 ensemble de peuples maritimes que Lesson designait jadis sous le nom de 

 ' Mongols-pelasgiens ' ' p. 3. 



1 On this juxtaposition of the yellow and blond types in Korea V. de Saint- 

 Martin's language is highly significative: " Cette dualite de type, un type 

 tout a fait caucasique a cote du type mongol, est un fait commun a toute la 

 ceinture d'iles qui couvre les cotes orientales de 1'Asie, depuis les Kouriles 

 jusqu'a Formose, et meme jusqu'a la zone orientale de 1'Indo-Chine " (Art. 

 Coree, p. 800). 



2 From Kora'i, in Japanese Kome (Chinese Kaoli), name of a petty state, 

 which enjoyed political predominance in the peninsula for about 500 years 

 (loth to 1 4th century A.D.). An older designation still in official use is 

 Tsio-sien, that is, the Chinese Chao-sien, "Bright Dawn" (Klaproth, Asia 

 Polyglotta, p. 334 sq.). 



