GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 3. 



c. Blackish-brown. 



6. Papuan. Features not prominent in the profile ; beard abundant ; 

 skin harsh to the touch ; hair crisped or frizzled. 



7. Negrillo. Apparently beardless ; stature diminutive ; features ap- 

 proaching those of the negro ; hair woolly. 



8. Indian or Telingan. Features approaching those of the Arabian ; 

 the hair in like manner straight or flowing. 



9. Ethiopian. Complexion and features intermediate between those of 

 the telingan and negro; hair crisped. 



d. Black. 



10. Australian. Negro features, combined with straight or flowing 

 hair. 



11. Negro. Close woolly hair ; nose much flattened ; lips very thick. 



In the present brief reference to the principal subdivisions of the human 

 race, we shall follow Latham, who, in his recent work entitled " Natural 

 History of the Varieties of Man," has treated of the subject in a highly 

 scientific manner, and has given to it as much precision as perhaps it is 

 capable of at the present time. 



The following table exhibits the principal divisions and subdivisions 

 employed by Mr. Latham, and we shall take up their consideration in the 

 same order: 



Mongolidae. 



Altaic. 



Dioscurian. 



Oceanic. 



Hyperborean. 

 Peninsular. 

 American. 

 Indian. 



( Seriform. 

 ( Turanian. 



i Amphinesian. 

 ( Kelaenonesian. 



Atlantidae. 



Japetidae. 



Western, Central, Eastern. 

 Western, Southern, Eastern. 



Negro. 

 CafFre. 



Hottentot. Hottentot, Saab. 

 Nilotic. Gallahs, Agows, 

 Amazirgh. Si wans, Cabyles, 

 Egyptian. 

 L Semitic. 



Occidental. 



Indo-Germanic. \ European. 

 Iranian. 



Nubians, Bisharis. 

 Tuaricks, Guanches. 



Gothic. 



Sarmatian. 



Mediterranean. 



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