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would be thick, coarse, and yellow, the hair and 

 eyes black. For the peasantry of Switzerland, 

 Germany, France, Poland, Sweden, and Russia, 

 are of a brownish yellow colour, and several de- 

 grees darker than the inhabitants who remain 

 chiefly within doors during the heat of the day. 



In support of his theory, that civilization or 

 what he calls "cultivation, produces greater varie- 

 ties of complexion than any other known cause," 

 Dr. Prichard says, that the Moorish ladies of 

 north Africa, who remain in the shade, are often 

 beautifully fair; while their brothers, who are 

 much exposed to the sun, are brown or olive : 

 that the Brahmins of India, (which is equally 

 true of the wealthier classes in general, including 

 the Parsees,) are several shades lighter than the 

 field labourers, boatmen, and sailors : that the 

 Tartars who conquered China about two cen- 

 turies ago, and adopted the habits of civilization, 

 have become much fairer, and now often have 

 blue eyes. But Dr. Prichard seems to have over- 

 looked the fact, that in warm climates, the tem- 

 perature, is 20 or 30 higher in the sun than in 

 the shade, a difference almost equal to that be- 

 tween the tropical and middle latitudes, so that 

 li'hat he calls cultivation means protection from the 

 influence of external temperature, which is the 

 principal element of climate. He admits, that the 

 Kabyles of Tunis and some of the high moun- 

 tains in North Africa, (where the climate re- 



