434 VARIETIES OF MANKIND. 



rather prominent ; the mouth small ; the lips, especially the 

 lower, gently turned out ; the chin full and round: — in short, 

 the countenance of that style which we consider the most 

 beautiful. 



This comprehends all Europeans except the Laplanders and 

 the rest of the Finnish race ; the western Asiatics as far as the 

 Obi, the Caspian, and the Ganges ; and the people of the North 

 of Africa. 



2. The Mongolian. The skin of an olive colour; the hair 

 black, stiff, straight, and sparing. 



The head almost square ; the cheek bones prominent out- 

 wards ; the space between the eyebrows, together with the 

 bones of the nose, placed nearly in the same horizontal plane 

 with the malar bones ; the superciliary arches scarcely percep- 

 tible ; the osseous nostrils narrow ; the fossa maxillaris shallow ; 

 the alveolar edge arched obtusely forwards ; the chin somewhat 

 projecting. 



The face broad and flattened and its parts consequently less 

 distinct ; the space between the eyebrows very broad as well as 

 flat ; the cheeks not only projecting outwards, but nearly glo- 

 bular ; the aperture of the eye-lids narrow, — linear ; the nose 

 small and flat. 



This comprehends the remaining Asiatics, except the Malays 

 of the extremity of the Transgangetic peninsula ; the Finnish 

 races of the North of Europe, — Laplanders, &c. ; and the Esqui- 

 maux diffused over the most northern jKirts of America from 

 llhering's Strait to the farthest habitable spot of Greenland. 



3. Ethiopian. The skin black ; the hair black and crisp. 

 The head narrow, compressed laterally ; the forehead arched ; 



the malar bones projecting forwards ; the osseous nares large ; 

 the malar fossa behind the infra-orbitar foramen deep ; the jaws 

 lengthened forwards; the alveolar edge narrow, elongated, 

 more elliptical ; the upper front teeth obliquely prominent j the 

 lower jaw large and strong; the cranium usually thick and 

 heavy. 



The face narrow and projecting at its lower part ; the eyes 



