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rous; sharp at the anterior extremity, and not investing so closely the shaft. (See 

 title page.) 



OF HYBRIDS. A hybrid is an animal whose parents, respectively, belong to different 

 species ; and if we have succeeded in showing that in the human family there are three 

 distinct species, it follows that, by the union of any two or more of them, a hybrid will 

 be produced. 



Of the division of Hybrids, Hybrids are divisible into two classes, viz : 



Simple, being the product of the, crossing of two of the three species only, and 



Compound, being the product of the crossings of the three species. 



Of the nomenclature of Hybrids. The following tables of nomenclature relate to simple 

 hybrids. 



A, No. 1, shows the crossings of the two species, white and black. 



A, No. 2, shows the crossings of black and Indian. 



A, No. 3, shows the crossings of Indian and white. 



A, No. 4, contains, in a condensed form, all that is contained in Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 



We preserve the names " white," "black" and "Indian," because they are short and 

 familiar, giving notice that by white, we mean the oval-haired species; by Mack, the 

 eccentrically elliptical-piled species; and by "Indian," the cylindrical-haired species. 



By the term " mullatin," we distinguish all the mixtures of white and black ; by " costing 

 all the mixtures of black and Indian; and by "mestisin" all the mixtures of Indian and 

 white. 



By the prefixes to be found in the third column, we distinguish the mixtures of the 

 species, showing the degree of amalgamation; hepta, (from epta, seven,) being'a mixture 

 of seven; hexa, (from ex, six,) being a mixture of six; penta, (from penta, five,) being a 

 mixture of five; tetra, (four,) being a mixture of four; tria, (from treis, three,) being a 

 mixture of three; di, (from dis, two-fold,) being a mixture of two; and mono, (from 

 monos, single,) representing one. 



The dots (...) on the lines and within brackets in the first column of table A, No. 4, 

 represent the degree of mixture, whilst the termination of the brackets show the original 

 sources.* 



Examples. " Hepta-Mulattin " is a two-fold mixture, only of white and black, in the 

 proportions of || of the former, and T 2 ? of the latter. 



"Hexa costin" is a two-fold mixture, only of black and Indian, in the proportions of 

 \l of the former, and T \ of the latter. 



" Penta mestisin" is a two-fold mixture only, of Indian and white; in the proportions 

 of { of the former, and T \ of the latter. 



* These tables way be adapted to express the crossings of animals inferior to man ; proper names being substituted. 

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