328 THE AKIMAL KINGDOM. 



extinct, excepting those which serve him as food, such as 

 the Ruminants. 



The difference between the highest of the lower animals 

 and Man, is so distinct, that no more need be said about it ; 

 but among men themselves, there is a great difference ; 

 between the European, and the JNTegro or the Hottentot, 

 there is a vast distinction, but the most simple would at 

 once say they are both men, and possessed of the essential 

 qualities of men ; and there can be no doubt that all men 

 of every kind form one species. This is a point pretty well 

 settled among all who have written on the subject ; and 

 indeed, great as the difference is among men, it is not 

 half so great as that which exists between the Bull-dog 

 and Italian Greyhound, and yet they are both dogs ; or 

 between the E/ace-horse and the Dray-horse, and yet who is 

 - there can doubt of these both being of the same species. 



Blumenbach made out five varieties namely, 1, Cau- 

 casian ; 2, Mongolian ; 3, American ; 4, Malay ; 5, Ethiopian 

 or ]S"egro. Pickering* describes eleven varieties, and 

 arranges them as follows : 



WHITE. BLACKISH-BROWX. 



1. Arabian. 6. Papuan. 



2. Abyssinian. 7. Negrillo. 



8. Indian or Telingan. 

 BROWN. 9 - Ethiopian, 



3. Mongolian. BLACK. 



4. Hottentot. 10. Australian. 



5. Malay. H. Negro. 



In this arrangement the "Arabian" corresponds with 

 the " Caucasian" of Blumenbach ; both names are given 

 from the supposed country of the original members of the 

 race ; the appellation "European," used by Dr. Latham is, 

 however, a much more appropriate one than either, both the 

 Caucasian and Arabian being now limited to the inhabitants 

 of the localities from which their names were derived. The 

 Arabian, Caucasian, or European family occupy the chief 

 part of Western Europe, the British Isles, and 'the United 



* Pickering's " ftaces of Man." By John Charles Hall, M.D., p. 300. 



