380 NATTURAL HISTORY OF 



similar extension of the true Caucasians towards tho 

 west, after an interval of some ages. 



Of the three varieties of colour and temperament 

 most distinctly marked in the Caucasian type, the first 

 is characterized by brown complexions and dark eyes 

 and hair, very symmetrical proportions, a round domed 

 skull, and an intelligence most vividly imaginative. 

 The temperament sensual, the vindictive passions ac- 

 tive, the perceptive faculties quick, and the physical 

 energies demanding mental excitement more than rea- 

 son for exertion. Such are the ardent nations of the 

 south. Opposed to them in form and disposition are 

 the tribes of the north : with a loftier stature, a fair, 

 often a ruddy skin, xanthous hair, rather ponderous 

 limbs, a squarer skull, and coarser features ; they have 

 little comparative vivacity, but are endowed with the 

 faculty of thought and reason less under the control of 

 petulant desires ; more reflective, and therefore more 

 continuously attached to conclusions once formed; 

 slow, but patient in perseverance ; and brave, without 

 requiring the stimulus of enthusiasm. They are sin- 

 cere and single minded ; but addicted to gluttony and 

 drunkenness. Between these two we find the typical 

 root still more essentially mountaineer in habit, with 

 clear complexions, light brown, auburn, light or dark 

 hair. It has the skull formed almost like the southern 

 stem, but broader in the forehead. By nature and 

 locality possessed of the highest endowments of the 

 other two, excepting perhaps the quality of reasoned 

 patience ; it is imaginative, poetical, inventive, artful, 



