THE HUMAN RACE 1693 



connected with the Negro. In the midst of white 

 populations this characteristic is frequently met with; 

 it is occasionally found among the English, and is by 

 no means rare at Paris, especially among women. 

 Prognathism would appear to be characteristic of a 

 small European race dwelling to the south of the 

 Baltic Sea, the Esthonians, and which itself is but 

 the residue of the primitive Mongolian race. It is 

 probably the mixture of Esthonian blood with that 

 of the inhabitants of Central Europe, which causes 

 the appearance in our large cities of individuals 

 whose faces are prognathous. 



We can not close our remarks upon the face with- 

 out speaking of a curious relation between it and the 

 cranium, which has been much abused; we allude to 

 the facial angle. By facial angle is meant the angle 

 which results from the union of two lines, one of 

 which touches the forehead, the other of which, 

 drawn from the orifice of the ear, meets the former 

 line at the extremity of the front teeth. 



The Dutch anatomist Camper, after having com- 

 pared Greek and Roman statues, or medals of either 

 nationality, assumed that the cause of the intellectual 

 superiority which distinguished Greek from Roman 

 physiognomies was to be found in the fact that, with 

 the Greeks, the facial angle is larger than in Roman 

 heads. Starting with this observation, Camper pur- 

 sued his inquiries until it occurred to him to advance 

 the theory that the increase of the facial angle may 

 be taken in the human race as a sign of superior intel- 

 ligence. 



This observation was correct, insomuch as it sepa- 



