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MAMMALIA. 
Variety I. — The Caucasian. 
Plate II. fig. 1, and plate III. fig. 1. 
The face is oval; the facial angle 85 degrees; the forehead 
high and expanding: cheeks coloured with red; the hair is long, 
generally brown, but also varying from white to black. 
The proportions of the different regions are favourable. The 
base and sides are fully developed, but the coronal region is 
broad and full, and the anterior lobe is well developed. This 
combination gives aptitude for acquiring refinement and intelli¬ 
gence ; it presents the finest forms to the painter and sculptor. 
The Saxon head, which predominates in civilized Europe, is a 
variety of it. The temperament is favourable, the size is moder¬ 
ately large. 
Ancient Greek Skull .—Plate III. fig. 3. —This skull is large, 
and the temperament favourable. It is a specimen of the Cau¬ 
casian variety. The base, sides, and back parts of the brain are 
large, but the coronal region and anterior lobe are likewise 
greatly developed. The combination indicates vigorous animal, 
moral, and intellectual faculties. A distinguishing characteristic 
is, large constructiveness, ideality, and imitation,—giving talent 
for works of art. 
New Zealander .—Plate III. fig. 6.—This is a large coarse 
skull, with immense base, sides, and posterior parts. The 
coronal region is flat, particularly in the consecutions. It is 
rather narrow in the anterior region, but broader towards the 
back. The anterior lobe is small. The skull indicates a coarse, 
cautious, cunning, cruel, and energetic character ; with different 
moral and intellectual powers : it belongs, however, in its form 
to the Caucasian variety. 
New Hollander .—Plate II. fig. 6, and plate III. fig. 7.—This 
skull is rather large ; the temperament is extremely coarse, and 
the bones are unusually thick. The base, sides, and posterior 
portions of the brain are very large, the coronal region is rather 
narrow, sloping like a roof, and the anterior lobe is very small. 
The skull indicates coarseness, great ascendancy of animal 
propensity, deficient moral power, and extremely low intellectual 
ability. 
