746 IDENTITY OF THE FIVE RACES. 



conclude, that all the nations, tribes, and families 

 of the earth are descended from one and the same 

 original stock, in other words, that " God hath 

 made of one blood all the nations that dwell on 

 the earth." Nor will the admission of five or 

 more primitive races explain the endless varieties 

 of colour, form, &c. of the human species why, 

 for example, the Patagonians are so different 

 from the natives of Terra del Fuego on the one 

 hand, and those of Peru, Brazil, Guiana, and 

 Mexico on the other, why the osage and black 

 feet Indians are larger than any other tribes of 

 North America, and the Esquimaux little above 

 the stature of dwarfs; while they are all sup- 

 posed to belong to one and the same distinct race. 

 Again, there is a far greater difference between 

 the tribes of Northern Asia, Europe, or even of 

 Tartary, and the natives of China, (all of whom 

 are regarded as belonging to the Mongolian race,) 

 than between the latter and the Hindoos, Arabs, 

 Egyptians, Persians, Georgians, and Circassians, 

 who are equally different from the Greeks, Ro- 

 mans, Germans, Dutch, British, and other nations 

 of Europe, all of whom are supposed to have 

 descended from the Caucasian stock. There is 

 also an endless diversity among the tribes which 

 constitute the Negro and Malay races, as they are 

 called. 



Having in the preceding chapter examined the 

 influence of climate on the stature, magnitude of 



