VARIETIES OF COLOUR CLIMATIC. 749 



90 in the shade, and the complexion of the na- 

 tives is proportionally lighter, with long straight 

 hair, regular features, and fine symmetrical forms, 

 compared with those of central Africa, southern 

 Asia, tropical America, and New Holland. 



Moreover, it is well established, that the inha- 

 bitants of southern India, China, and Arabia, are 

 several shades darker than in the northern por- 

 tions of those countries; and more dark than the 

 Japanese, who live in a more temperate climate. 

 We also learn from Niebuhr, De Pages, and 

 Frazer, that in the burning province of Yemen, 

 or desert of Akhaf, the Arabs are of a colour ap- 

 proaching that of the negro, and have curly hair. 

 But Bruce states, that among the mountains of 

 Ruddua in the north of Arabia, where water 

 freezes, the natives have red hair, blue eyes, and 

 fair skin. Nor is it less certain, that the Persians 

 and Turks are darker than the Georgians and 

 Circassians, that in the north of Spain, Italy, 

 and even France, the inhabitants are much fairer 

 than in the southern provinces, finally, that in 

 England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, 

 Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Russia, where 

 the mean temperature of summer is lower than in 

 any other part of the world in corresponding lati- 

 tudes, and varies from 60 to 66, they are of a 

 ruddy white complexion, with fair hair, and blue 

 eyes, modified, however, by mixture with the na- 

 tives of other climates, which produces an endless 

 variety of shades. 



