YARIETIES OF THE HUMAN RACE. 



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States of America, and is fast spreading in other parts of 

 the American Continent and in Australia. It is charac- 

 terised by a fair com- 

 plexion, arched nose, 

 ruddy cheeks, thin lips, 

 and the frequency of 

 blue eyes and light 

 hair. Its members are 

 at this present time the 

 highest and most ci- 

 vilised classes in the 

 world, being further 

 advanced in religion, 

 arts, sciences, and liter- 

 ature ; also their capa- 

 city for enterprise and 

 speculation, and their 

 love of novelty, is far 

 beyond that of any 

 other variety of the 

 human race ; anything new that offers the smallest chance 

 of being beneficial is at once adopted by them and carried 

 out. This is, perhaps, the great secret of their advancement, 

 for the other most numerous variety of the human family, 

 and which exceeds the European in numbers (the Mongo- 

 lian), has but little capacity for change of any kind, in fact, 

 appears to admire and adhere to those matters only, which 

 have the most undoubted stamp of antiquity such a 

 mode of feeling especially obtains among the Chinese. Dr. 

 Latham divides the European family into 



EUROPEAN-. 



1. THE BASKS. 



2. THE SKIPTAR. 



3. THE KELTS. 



4. THE GREEKS AND LATINS. 



5. THE S ARM ATI ASS. 



6. THE GERMANS. 



The BASKS appear to have been the original inhabitants 

 of Spain and Portugal, which have abandoned their former 

 habitation and now dwell in the mountains of Navarre and 

 Grascony, just as the American Indians may be supposed 

 to dwell at some future time in the Rocky Mountains. 



