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featiu*es. The nasal bones are arched, the chin full, and the 

 teeth vertical. The race is distinguished for the facility with 

 which it attains the highest intellectual endowments.'* 



The subdivisions of this race are into — Xst^ The Caucasian ; 

 2d, The Germanic; Scl, The Celtic; Ath, The Arabian; 5M, 

 The Lybian ; 6lh, The Miotic, (Egyptian) ; and 7M, The In- 

 dostanic families. 



II. " The Mongolian Race. This is characterized by a 

 sallow or olive coloured skin,* which appears to be drawn tight 

 over the bones of the face ; long, black, straight hair, and thin 

 beard. The nose is broad and short ; the eyes are small, black 

 and obliquely placed, and the eyebrows arched and linear ; the 

 lips are turned, the cheek bones broad and flat, and the zygo- 

 matic arches salient. The skull is oblong-oval, somewhat 

 flattened at the sides, with a low forehead. In their intellec- 

 tual character the Mongolians are ingenious, imitative, and 

 highly susceptible of cultivation." 



The subordinate divisions are into — 8//i, The Mongol-Tar- 

 tar ; 9fh, The Turkish ;f 10th, The Chinese ; 11 M, The Indo- 

 Chinese ; and 12th, The Polar families. 



III. " The Malay Race. It is characterized by a dark com- 

 plexion varying from a tawny hue to a very dark brown. Their 

 hair is black, coarse, and lank, and their eyelids are drawn 

 obliquely upwards at the outer angles. The mouth and lips 

 are large, and the nose is short and broad, and apparently 

 broken at its root. The face is flat and expanded, the upper 

 jaw projecting, and the teeth salient. The skull is high and 

 squared or rounded, and the forehead low and broad. This 

 race is active and ingenious, and possesses all the habits of a 

 migratory, predaceous, and maritime people." 



The subdivisions embrace — ISth, The Malay; and 14/A 

 The Folynesian (or South Sea Island) families. 



IV. " The American Race is marked by a brown com- 

 plexion, long, black, lank hair, and deficient beard. J The eyes 



* The olive colour does not occur in the skin of any of the races.— Edit. 



t Cuvier places the Turkish family in the Caucasian race, which is a pre- 

 ferable arrangement. — Edit. 



X The colours of the Malay and American races, as given by our author, 

 are far from being correct, owing evidently to the employment of a faulty 

 colour-system. — Edit. 



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