RACES OF MANKIND 1677 



of the Malay peninsula and the adjacent islands), 

 the people of Madagascar; also the New Zealanders! 

 and the inhabitants of most of the smaller Poly- 

 nesian archipelagoes, from the Sandwich Islands on 

 the north to the Society, Navigators, and Friendly 

 groups in the south. The Austral-Negro or Papuan 

 division, on the other hand, includes the native tribes 

 of the Australian continent and the adjacent island 

 of Tasmania (the latter now all but extinct), with 

 the inhabitants of New Guinea, the Louisiade archi- 

 pelago, New Britain, the Solomon Islands, the New 

 Hebrides, New Caledonia, and the Fiji Islands. 



The American, or red variety of mankind, has its 

 home in the two great continents which are together 

 known as the New World. Its distinguishing at- 

 tributes are a reddish or copper-colored skin, with 

 long, coarse, black hair (which is never crisped like 

 that of the Negro, or curled, as that of the white often 

 is), and scanty beard. The cheek-bones are promi- 

 nent, but more arched and rounded than those of the 

 Mongol, without being so angular, or projecting at 

 the sides; the orbit generally deep, and the outer 

 angle slightly elevated. In point of temperament, 

 the Indian (as the native inhabitant of the American 

 wilderness is termed) is cold and phlegmatic to an 

 unusual degree, and he manifests an extraordinary 

 insensibility to bodily pain. His bodily senses of 

 sight, hearing, and smell are remarkably acute. 

 These, as well as many other attributes of the Indian 

 race, have probably resulted from the conditions of 

 the hunter's life, pursued through many generations. 



The above characteristics, however, are exhibited 



