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medanism makes rapid headway amongst some of the tribes, 

 but Christianity seems less adapted to the nature of the 

 Black type. The Negro tribes occupying the Sudan region 

 of Africa are the most typical examples. The brown- 

 skinned Bantus inhabiting the whole of the Great African 

 Plateau are best known as the Zulu nation of the South. 

 The eastern division of the Black type includes the frizzly- 

 headed Papuans, or natives of New Guinea, and the Aus- 

 tralian Aborigines, who, while probably the lowest race in 

 point of civilisation, differ from the typical Black and 

 approach the White in possessing abundant wavy hair and 

 a full beard. The Negritoes, or " Little Negroes," are diffi- 

 cult to classify. They are usually small of stature and of 

 slight mental power. The best representatives are the 

 Pygmies of the Central African forests, the Bushmen of 

 South Africa, and the diminutive natives of the Andaman 

 Islands. 



424. Yellow Type. People grouped around the Yellow 

 type make up considerably more than one-third of the 

 World's inhabitants. Their complexion varies from clear 

 yellow to coppery brown, and typically they have a small 

 nose, frequently upturned, and narrow slit-like eyes. Their 

 hair is black, coarse, and straight, and each hair forms a 

 minute circular tube. They are usually under the middle 

 height, and although of slight physical strength they have 

 great powers of endurance, and are as a rule very laborious 

 workers. Intellectually they show a fair degree of civili- 

 sation, and in many instances have attained consider- 

 able success in science and in art. Conceit and apathy 

 are characteristic mental qualities. They are usually 

 Polytheists and worshippers of ancestors ; many are 

 Buddhists, and a considerable number Mohammedans. 

 Finns and Magyars, inhabiting Finland and Hungary, 

 are included under the Yellow type only on account of the 

 nature of their language ; physically and intellectually they 

 are indistinguishable from the highest members of the White 

 type. The Tib'eto- Chinese are possessed of an ancient 

 civilisation, and the Japanese, a race of this group, show 

 great aptitude in following modern western ways of life and 



