30 VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN RACE. 



point in dispute, property in a mulatto girl, rested on a question 

 of race, Dr. Gibbs stated, as a curious fact resulting from micro 

 scopic observation, that in the mulatto cross the hair of one or 

 the other parent was present, and sometimes hairs of both, but 

 never a mongrel hair; that no amalgamated hair existed ; that 

 the mulatto as often had straight hair as kinky. He stated that 

 the microscope revealed that the hair of the white race is, when 

 transversely divided, oval; that of the Indian, circular; and 

 that of the Negro, eccentrically elliptical with flattened edges ; 

 that of the Negro is not hair, but wool, and capable of being 

 felted ; that the coloring matter of true hair is in an internal tube, 

 while in the negro it is in the epidermis, or scales covering the 

 shaft of hair. In corroboration of the statement that both white 

 and negro hair were sometimes found in the same head, a singu 

 lar case was mentioned by Dr. Gibbs. He remarked that he once 

 attended a half-breed Indian and Negro, who had straight Indian 

 hair. He was ill and had his head shaved and blistered. On 

 his recovery, when his hair grew out, it was negro hair, crisped 

 and wiry. 



The late Dr. Morton, of our own country, in a disquisition rela 

 tive to the &quot;Size of the Brain&quot; in the different varieties, presents 

 the following results : 



&quot; The ancient Egyptians, whose civilization antedates that of 

 all other people, and whose country has been justly called the 

 cradle of the arts and sciences, have the least sized brain of any 

 Caucasian nation, excepting the Hindoos. 



The Negro brain is nine cubic inches less than the Teutonic, 

 and three cubic inches larger than that of the ancient Egyptians. 



The brain of the Australian and Hottentot falls far below that 

 of the Negro, and measures precisely the same as the ancient 

 Peruvian.&quot; (See Silliman s Journal.) 



QUESTION^ ON THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN RACE. 



With what are the variations of the HUMAN RACE connected ? Are nat 

 uralists agreed as to the number of these varieties? What three are by 

 some regarded as distinctly marked types? What do they consider the 

 other varieties ? How many distinct types or races are named on the chart ? 

 Whose arrangement has been followed? From what did the Caucasians 

 derive their name? What nations belong to this variety ? [See the chart.] 

 For what are they distinguished ? What are their characteristics ? What 

 does the entire conformation of the head show ? What is said of their mental 

 attainments? For what is the MONGOLIAN variety remarkable ? What na 

 tions does it include ? How do you describe the MALAY or AUSTRALIAN 

 variety ? Name the people or nations belonging to this variety. To which 

 variety is the AMERICAN allied ? Name the tribes or people which it in 

 cludes. [See on the chart.] What are their distinguishing peculiarities ? 



