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It is worthy of notice that the regions of the antipodal 

 races are antipodal in climate, the greatest contrast the 

 world affords, perhaps, being that between the damp, hot, 



FIG. 29. Sections of orthognathous (tight contour) and prognathous 

 (dark contour) skulls, one-third of the natural size, a b, Basicranial 

 axis ; b c, b' c', plane of the occipital foramen ; d d', hinder end of 

 the palatine bone ; e e', front end of the upper Jaw ; T T' t insertion 

 of the tentorium. 



steaming, alluvial coast plains of the West Coast of Africa 

 and the arid, elevated steppes and plateaux of Central 

 Asia, bitterly cold in winter, and as far from the sea as 

 any part of the world can be. 



From Central Asia eastward to the Pacific Islands and 



