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rous; sharp at the anterior extremity, and not investing so closely the shaft. (See 
title page.) 
Or Hysrips.—A hybrid is an animal whose parents, respectively, belong to different 
species ; and if we have succeeded in showing that in the human family there are three 
distinct species, it follows that, by the union of any two or more of them, a hybrid will 
be produced. 
Of the division of Hybrids—Hybrids are divisible into two classes, viz :— 
Simple, being the product of the crossing of two of the three species only, and 
Compound, being the product of the crossings of the éhree species. 
Of the nomenclature of Hybrids—The following tables of nomenclature relate to semple 
hybrids. 
A, No. 1, shows the crossings of the two species, white and black. 
A, No. 2, shows the crossings of black and Indian. 
A, No. 3, shows the crossings of Indian and white. 
A, No. 4, contains, in a condensed form, all that is contained in Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 
We preserve the names “ white,” “black” and “Indian,” because they are short and 
familiar, giving notice that by white, we mean the oval-haired species; by black, the 
eccentrically elliptical-piled species; and by “Indian,” the cylindrical-haired species. 
By the term “mudlatin,” we distinguish a// the mixtures of white and black; by ‘“costin,” 
all the mixtures of black and Indian; and by “mestisin,” all the mixtures of Indian and 
white. 
By the prefixes to be found in the third column, we distinguish the mixtures of the 
species, showing the degree of amalgamation; hepta, (from epta, seven,) being’a mixture 
of seven; hexa, (from ex, six,) being a mixture of six; penta, (from penta, five,) being a 
mixture of five; tetra, (four,) being a mixture of four; tria, (from treis, three,) being a 
mixture of three; di, (from dis, two-fold,) being a mixture of two; and mono, (from 
monos, single,) representing one. 
The dots (...) on the lines and within brackets in the first column of table A, No. 4, 
represent the degree of mixture, whilst the termination of the brackets show the original 
sources. * 
Examples.—* Hepta-Mulattin”’ is a two-fold mixture, only of white and black, in the 
proportions of 14 of the former, and 2, of the latter. 
“Hexa costin” is a two-fold mixture, only of black and Indian, in the proportions of 
12 of the former, and 54, of the latter. 
‘Penta mestisin”’ is a two-fold mixture only, of Indian and white; in the proportions 
of 12 of the former, and ;', of the latter. 
* These tables may be adapted to express the crossings of animals inferior to man; proper names being substituted. 
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