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ingly into the two primary groups of Leiotrichi and 

 IJlotriclii, — terms which are open to criticism, but 

 which I adopt in the accompanying table, because 

 they have been used. It is better for science to 

 accept a faulty name which has the merit of exist- 

 ence, than to burthen it with a faultless newly in- 

 vented one. 



Leiotrichi. Ulotrichi. 



Dolichocephali. Bracbycephali. Dolickocepkali. Brachycephali. 

 Leucous. 



.... Xantkockroi .... 

 Leucomelanous. 



.... Melanockroi .... 

 Xanthomelanous. 



Esquimaux. Mongolians. Bushmen. 

 Amphinesians. 

 Americans. 

 Melanous. 



Australians. Negroes. Hincopies (?) 



Negritos. 

 :i V :i: " The names of the stocks known only since the fifteenth cen- 

 tury are put into italics. If the " Skralings" of the Norse discov- 

 erers of America were Esquimaux, Europeans became acquainted 

 with the latter six or seven centuries earlier. 



Under each of these divisions are two columns, 

 one for the Brachycephali, or short heads, and one 

 for the Dolichocephali,* or long heads. Again, 

 each column is subdivided transversely into four 

 compartments, one for the " leucous," people with 



* Skulls, the transverse diameter of which is more than 

 eight-tenths the long diameter, are short; those which 

 have the transverse diameter less than eight-tenths the 

 longitudinal, are long. 



