VAKIETIES OF THE HUMAN EACE. 



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probably the longest series of recorded events in existence 



being continuous for a 



period of about 4,000 



years, during the whole 



of which time they 



have been in a state of 



civilisation nearly the 



same as they are at the 



present time. 



The aboriginal tribes 

 of America belong to 

 this family. Dr. Latham 

 derives their origin from 

 the Esquimaux (or 

 Eskemo), and their mi- 

 gration . from north- 

 eastern Asia, Kams- 

 chatka, and the Aleutian 

 Islands, to the eastern 

 or Pacific shores of 

 America. 



The Chinese and Tar- 

 tars are of a decidedly 

 yellow tint. The Ame- 

 ricans are of a dark 

 copper-coloured hue, hence their designation " Red Indians." 



AMERICAN INDIAN. 



The HOTTENTOT. This race inhabits the south of Africa, 

 and parts extending thence into the interior ; they are of a 

 yellowish-brown complexion, small in stature, with hair 

 consisting of small black knobs of a crisp sort of wool, sepa- 

 rated from each other in such a way that the skin of the 

 head may be distinctly seen between them. They are 

 strictly nomadic, scarcely ever remaining in any fixed spot, 

 but following the animals they hunt and kill for food, upon 

 the flesh of which, with a few roots, they live. 



Dr. Livingstone denies that they are very small in stature ; 

 speaking of the Bushmen, a tribe of the Hottentot family, he 

 says : " They are the only real nomads in the country, 



