1")2 VARIETIES OF HI'.MAX RACE. 



their skulls, and in their general conformation, to the Kalmucks, 

 Monties, and Chinese ; these occupy the north and east of 

 Asia ; and the Laplanders and Finnish races of Europe, and the 

 Esquimaux of America, seem to belongto the same class. 3. The 

 third class includes the native American races (excluding the 

 Esquimaux), \vhieh bear a very strong resemblance to one 

 another, both in physical and moral characters, notwithstanding 

 the immen.-e extent of country over which they are distributed. 

 Here, as in the nations of the first division, we iind great differ- 

 ence in regard to colour ; the temperate regions being inhabited 

 by white races of a florid complexion ; whilst the tropical portions 

 of that vast continent are tenanted by tribes of very dark or 

 even black hue. 4. To the fourth class belong only the Hot- 

 tentot and Bushman races, which inhabit the south of Africa, 

 and differ so strongly from the other nations of that continent, 

 a- to require being placed together in a distinct group. 5. The 

 Negro races, including the inhabitants of the African continent, 

 between the parts occupied by the Moorish and other nations of 

 the first class in the north, and those belonging to the Hottentots 

 and Bushmen. (>. ThePapuas, or woolly-haired races, which are 

 diif'used through New Guinea and the islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago. 7- The Alfotirou and .Australian races, which 

 exhibit the characters of the human species in its most degraded 

 form. These are found in New Holland, and in the interior of 

 some of the larger islands of the 1 Malayan Archipelago. 



142. In regard to the evidence which Geolo^v affords, as to 

 the di>tribution of Man over the globe at former periods of its 

 cxist< nee, it is sufficient to observe that it affords a most striking 

 confirmation to the Scriptural statement on the subject ; for no 

 I'IH! remains of Man have ever been found, except in deposits 

 \vhich we have v;ood reason for affirming to be of verv recent date, 

 or to be Mill going on ; and wherever the remains of other 

 animals are associated with his, they belong to species at present 

 existing. Thus, Geology and Zoology, so far from bein ( _ r opposed 

 to Ifevi-lation. confirm it in ilie^e \vry important particulars; 

 1. That .Man lias not been a perpetual inhabitant of this jjobe, 

 but that his introduction into it took place not many thousand 



