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a. Asiatic races. 



1. The Andaman Islanders of the Bay of Bengal, other- 

 wise known as the Mincopies, who are, according to Pro- 

 fessor Owen, the most degraded race of mankind. 



2. The natives of Cerain and Malacca, or the Malay 

 Peninsula (Elam). 



3. The Papuans, or aborigines of New Guinea. 



4. Certain hill tribes of Northern India, such as the 

 Lepchas, Gonds, and Khasias. 



5. The Ainos, or 'hairy men,' of Japan (Pumpelly). 



6. The Veddas of Ceylon (Hartshorne). 



7. The Samoiedes of Siberia. 



b. American races. 



8. The inhabitants of Alaska (Houzeau). 



9. The Eskimo of Greenland. 



10. The Digger, Apache, Mexican, and other Indian tribes 

 of North America (Houzeau). 



11. The Indians of Brazil and other parts of South 

 America, including the Botokudos, or 'men of the woods' 

 (Biichner). 



12. The Caribs, the negroes of the Antilles, and the other 

 aboriginal races of the West Indian Islands, including the 

 Creole negroes of Jamaica and the slaves of Cuba (Trollope). 



13. The natives of Tierra del Fuego. 



c. African races. 



14. The Dokos of Abyssinia (Brown). 



15. The Nuehr savages of Central or Northern Africa 

 (Baker). 



16. The Latukas of the region of the Nile sources 

 (Baker). 



17. The negroes of Eastern Tropical Africa (Burton). 



18. The Kaffirs (or Caffres), Hottentots, Bushmen (or 

 Bosjesmans), and other tribes of Southern Africa. 



d. Australasian and Polynesian races. 



19. The Australian aborigines, especially the 'black 

 fellows' of Western Australia. By various authors the 

 native Australian blacks are regarded as a typical primitive 

 people, with a striking resemblance in their habits to Palaeo- 

 lithic man (Fox). 



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