15*2 VARIETIES OF HUMAN RACE, 



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

 Mongoles, 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 belong to the same class. 3. The 

 third class includes the native American races (excluding the 

 Esquimaux), which bear a very strong resemblance to one 

 another, both in physical and moral characters, notwithstanding 

 the immense extent of country over which they are distributed. 

 Here, as in the nations of the first division, we find 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, 

 as 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. 6. ThePapuas, or woolly-haired races, which are 

 diffused through New Guinea and the islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago. 7 The Alfourou 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 Malayan Archipelago. 



142. In regard to the evidence which Geology affords, as to 

 the distribution of Man over the globe at former periods of its 

 existence, it is sufficient to observe that it affords a most striking 

 confirmation to the Scriptural statement on the subject ; for no 

 fossil remains of Man have ever been found, except in deposits 

 which we have good reason for affirming to be of very recent date, 

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

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

 existing. Thus, Geology and Ztfology, so far from being opposed 

 to Revelation, confirm it in these very important particulars ; 

 1. That Man has not been a perpetual inhabitant of this globe, 

 but that his introduction into it took place not many thousand 



