RACES OF MEN. 



Asiatic Caucasians. 



Heads of Africans. 



South Sea Islanders. 



the centre of each patch. This race includes,. Bechuanas and the Bosjesmans. The complexion of the 

 Bosjesmans, or Bushmen, is very light, and strongly resembles that of an European, with a few sooty patches 

 irregularly placed. Number about five hundred thousand. The Malay race is almost amphibious, and is 

 never found inland. It is widely spread, and inhabits the centre of Madagascar, the whole of the islands in 

 the Pacific Ocean, except the Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomon's Isles, Papua, and parts of the Philippines. The 

 parts of America not populated by the Mongolians, are also inhabited by this race. The complexion is a 

 dark copper, the hair straight, when cut it stands erect, and the beard is thin. Number one hundred and 

 twenty millions. The Papuan race inhabits about two-thirds of Papua, and the Fiji Islands, where 

 Pickering saw the only individuals of this race who came under his notice. The complexion is dark, the 

 hair bushy, the beard copious. The most remarkable point in this race is the skin, which is astonishingly 

 rough and harsh. Number three millions. The Negrillo race is like the Papuan in color, but the hair is 

 more woolly, the stature is small, and the beard absent. The Negrillos inhabit part of Papua, Solomon's 

 Isles, the northern extremities of Luzon and Sumatra, and the New Hebrides. Number three millions. 

 The Telingan, or Indian race, inhabits the eastern parts of India, especially about Calcutta, several isolated 

 spots in other parts of India, and the east coast of Madagascar. The complexion is dark, (best imitated 

 —bjcajnixture f re( j an( i black,) the skin is soft, the features are like those of Europeans, hair straight and 

 fine, and the beard copious. Number sixty millions. The Ethiopian race is darker than the Telingan, the 

 hair is crisp and fine, skin soft, and the features are more like European features than those of the Negro. 

 This race inhabits the north-eastern portion of Africa, including Southern Egypt, part of Nubia, and part 

 of Abyssinia ; a few detached spots towards the north-west, and a large tract of country by Senegambia. 

 Number five millions. The Australian race inhabits Australia alone. The complexion is like that of 

 the Negro, but the hair is not woolly like that of the Negro. Number five hundred thousand. The 

 Negro race inhabits the central parts of Africa, from the north of Ashanti to a little southward of Zanzibar. 

 The complexion is black, the lips are immensely thick, the nose is flat, and the hair is close and curly, 

 strongly resembling wool. Number fifty-five millions. The numbers given in this distribution are of 

 course in many cases only conjectural. 



The migration of the human race, or their progress from one part of the world to another, is a question 

 of considerable difficulty. Many parts of the earth, such as islands, could not be reached without somp 

 artificial means to enable men to cross the water. This implies some degree of civilization, as boats or 

 rafts are the result of much thought and some skill. The question is yet to be answered. Pickering has 

 published a map containing the probable route of mankind through the earth. He appears to think that 

 the oft mooted problem of the population of America is not very difficult of solution, as the Aleutian 

 Isles form a chain of spots easily traversed by the skin-covered canoes which are still in use among 

 those islands. 



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