NATURAL HISTORY. 



" Man superior walks 

 Amid the glad creation, musing- praise. 

 And looking livdv gratitude." THOMSON. 



which, though dis- 

 tributed over wide 

 latitudes, and exhi- 

 biting considerable 

 diversity of form, 

 have a general phy 

 sical aspect which 

 is common to the 

 whole. The cheek 

 bones are high, the 

 forehead rather low 

 and retreating ; the 

 nose prominent, 

 not unfrequently 

 aquiline; jaws 

 powerful, mouth 

 large, lips full, eyes 

 small, deep-set, and 

 black ; hair coarse, 

 black, and rather 

 scanty, beard 

 scanty. Skin of a red copper colour, and glossy in some North 

 American tribes, and of a yellowish-red, light brown, and sallow 

 hue in the various tribes of South America. This type includes all 

 American aborigines except the Esquimaux, which are Mongolian. 



6. Why is the fifth type called the Malay ? 



Because most of the tribes speak the Malay language, which, in 

 the various ramifications of this race, may be traced from Mada- 

 gascar to Easter Island in the South Pacific, half-way between Asia 

 and America. The characteristics of this type are a brown colour, 

 varying from a light tawny tint, not deeper than that of the 

 Spaniards and Portuguese, to a deep brown, approaching to black ; 

 black hair, more or less curled, and abundant ; head rather narrow ; 

 bones of the face large and prominent ; nose full and broad towards 



AMERICAN WOMAJf. 



