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the features approaching those of the Negro, and the hair 
woolly. 
8. Indian or Telingan.—The features approaching those 
of the Arabian, and the hair, in like manner, straight or 
flowing. 
9. Ethiopian.—The complexion and features intermediate 
between those of the Telingan and Negro, and the hair 
crisped. 
d. Black. 
10. Australian. — Negro features, but combined with 
straight or flowing hair. 
11. Negro.—Close, woolly hair, the nose much flattened, 
and the lips very thick. 
In an absolute sense, the terms “ white” and “ black,’’ are 
both inapplicable to any shade of the human complexion ; 
but they are sanctioned by general usage, and there may be 
some convenience in retaining the above four general divi- 
sions. Two of the races may therefore be designated as 
white, three as brown, four as blackish-brown, and two as 
black. 
Five of the races have the hair straight or flowing ; while 
in the others it is more or less crisped, and in two of them it 
may with propriety be termed woolly. 
Other modes of associating the races may also be men- 
tioned. Maritime habits, and the part they appear to have 
taken in colonizing the globe, would lead us to separate the 
Malay, Negrillo, and Papuan ; or the three islands from the 
eight continental races. 
Again, looking to their distribution over the surface of the 
globe, six of the races may be regarded as Asiatic or East 
Indian, and four as African ; the eleventh (the White race) 
being in common, or holding geographically an intermediate 
position. 
The existence of races, it should be observed, is a pheno- 
mena independent of climate. All the physical races that 
occur in cold regions can be traced by continuity to the 
tropics, where, moreover, we find other races in addition. 
By the same evidence of geographical continuity, the popu- 
lation of one hemisphere can be satisfactorily derived from 
