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while the diminutive Mincopies of the Andaman 

 Islands lie midway between the Negro and Ne- 

 grito races, and, as Mr. Busk has pointed out, occa- 

 sionally present the rare combination of brachy- 

 cephaly, or short-headedness, with woolly hair. 



In the preceding progress along the outskirts 

 of the habitable world, eleven readily distinguish- 

 able stocks, or persistent modifications, of mankind, 

 have been recognized. I have purposely omitted 

 such people as the Abyssinians and the Hindoos 

 of the valleys of the Ganges and Indus, who there 

 is every reason to believe result from the intermix- 

 ture of distinct stocks. Perhaps I ought for like 

 reasons, to have ignored the Mincopies. But I 

 do not pretend that my enumeration is complete 

 or, in any sense, perfect. It is enough for my pur- 

 pose if it be admitted (and I think it cannot be 

 denied) that those which I have mentioned exist, 

 are well marked, and occupy the greater part of the 

 habitable globe. 



In attempting to classify these persistent modi- 

 fications after the manner of naturalists, the first 

 circumstance that attracts one's attention is the 

 broad contrast between the people with straight 

 and wavy hair, and those with crisp, woolly, or 

 tufted hair. Bory de St. Vincent, noting this 

 fundamental distinction, divided mankind accord- 

 people; that there is not a trace of Mongolian affinity 

 about them. — 1894.] 



