330 ' THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



The SKIPTAR arc the inhabitants of Albania, much 

 resembling in personal appearance the Turks and Sclavonians, 

 but having a language derived from a different source. The 

 following is a description of the Albanian, from the "Penny 

 Cyclopedia:" 



"The Albanians are about five feet and a half high, 

 muscular and straight in their persons. Their activity, and 

 the tight girdles which they \vear, render them small round 

 the loins ; they have full broad chests, long necks, long oval 

 faces with prominent cheek bones, and flat raised fore- 

 heads, arched eyebrows, blue or hazel (rarely quite black) 

 lively eyes, thin straight noses, thin but open nostrils, and 

 small mouths furnished with good teeth. Their complexions 

 are white in youth, but become tinged a dusky hue in 

 old age." 



The KELTS (or Celts) were the former inhabitants of 

 both France and England, they are now to be found chiefly 

 in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland, and are called 

 Gaelic Celts; the English are a mixture of these with Saxon 

 and German, but still retain a good deal of tbe blood of 

 the Celts ; in Wales the Celts are derived from the ancient 

 British branch. The English retain more of the Germanic 

 language, while the Welsh retain most of the original 

 British ; the French are Celtic mixed with Roman, and have 

 therefore a great admixture of Latin in their language. 

 The Kelts appear to have been a race above the usual 

 height, with red or light hair, ruddy complexion, and of a 

 fierce and impetuous disposition. 



The GREEKS and LATINS. Of this stock, the inhabitants 

 of Italy and Greece are the purest descendants, but it is 

 extended with more or less contamination to Spain and the 

 Danubian Principalities. Italy was probably the original 

 seat of both races. 



The SARMATIANS. This stock inhabits Russia, Poland, 

 Bohemia, Hungary, and Servia, all speaking the Sclavonic 

 languages. 



The GERMANS. This race inhabits Germany, Holland, 

 Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and its immediate branch 

 the English, forming the Anglo-Saxon family, are extended 



