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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



MONGOLIAN. 



The MONGOLIAN race, according to Pickering, includes 

 the inhabitants of part of China and all the north-eastern 



parts of Asia, also the 

 aborigines of North and 

 South America, with the 

 exception of a tract of 

 land on the south- 

 western coast, including 

 what is now California, 

 and part of the United 

 States. This race is 

 probably the most nu- 

 merous in the world. 

 The complexion of the 

 Mongolian is decidedly 

 yellowish brown, but 

 rather pale withal (it 

 is well seen in the 

 Chinese) ; the head is 

 flattened from before to 



behind, and expanded from side to side, so that in some 



well-marked cases the 

 head is as broad as 

 it is long, the eyes 

 are drawn upwards at the 

 outer angles, and appear 

 wide apart, from the 

 inner angle, being but 

 little prolonged inwards, 

 the cheek-bones are pro- 

 minent ; the eyes black, 

 and the hair black and 

 straight. The best spe- 

 cimens of this family 

 are the Tartars and 

 Chinese. The Chinese 

 are highly skilful in most 

 of the useful arts, espe- 

 cially in agriculture. Their history extends very far back, and 



ESQUIMAUX. 



