576 



AMEKICAN INDIANS. 



Fig. 27C 



latitudes, docs not so rapidly vary ; 

 and on the Pacific the mean heat is* 

 much higher than on the Atlantic 



Fig. 274. 



American Indian. 



for the same parallel of latitude. 



Calrornla Indian. 



Fig. 2T5. 



California Indians. 



In South America, the so-called red race, as we have just observed, is 

 deeper in complexion as we pass from Terra del Fuego and Patagonia 

 northward toward the line. The Chilians are darker than the Fuegians, 

 and the Peruvians darker than the Chilians. As the topographical con- 

 struction of that continent would lead us to infer, there is an analogous 

 distribution from west to east, crossing the preceding at right angles ; 

 the Inca race, who inhabit the plateaux of the Andes, are lighter than 



