2 Hi ZOOLOGY. 



western shores of Northern America, are all occupied by this 

 race of men. 



Fig. 190. Mongol Race. 



Some naturalists view the Malays as a distinct race of 

 men; but most view them as a mixture of two races. 

 Lastly, the degraded races known as Laps, Samoides. Es- 

 quimos, &c., seem to be related to the Mongol race. A third 

 distinct variety of mankind is the Ethiopic, confined to 

 Africa, south of Mount Atlas, seemingly composed of 

 several distinct races of men, such as the Negro, Bosjesman, 

 Hottentot, Mozambique, &c. It is characterized by the dark 

 c/olour of the skin, frizzly hair, low and compressed forehead, 

 projecting jaws, large lips, and muzzle-shaped mouth, with 

 other peculiarities, which need not be mentioned here. The 

 primitive population of Australia and of the numerous i>ks 

 of the oceanic Archipelago, have been viewed by some natu- 

 ralists as constituting a distinct variety; the Alfourons HIV 

 yet but little known. 



Finally, the indigenous inhabitants of America have been 

 viewed by many naturalists as a distinct race of men. They 

 are copper coloured, have long, black, straight hair, and but 



