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second, seeks to ascei-tain relations, affinities, and consan- 

 guinity. LinnoBus (1741-1783) made four divisions of man, 

 Blumenbacli (1752-1840) established the five classes which 

 are kept up in our geographies to this day. I should only 

 weary you repeating catalogues of authors and their schemes 

 of mankind. I give you a table by the latest authority' 

 Dr. Topinard, based on the hair, the skull, and the com- 

 plexion, (Paul Topinard, Revue d'Anthropologie, 1878, p. 

 509.) It is very far from satisfactory, however, and the 

 classification of mankind is still an open question. 



* Dolichocephalic :::= dolicJwf, long, and kcphalc, head ; brachycephalic = 

 bracfuis, sh6rt, and kephale, head. The angle of the jaw gives rise to orthogna- 

 thous = £7r//zoj, erect, and gnathos, jaw; and prognathous =/;'o, forward, and 

 gnathos, jaw. See Topinard'.s " L'Anthropologie." Paris, 1876, pp. 254, 261, 

 299. 



