CONTENTS, XVll 



Stature of the Mongolian Variety 381 



Analogous Differences in Animals 382 



Production of Native Varieties of Form 383 



Their Transmission by Generation 384 



Supernumerary Fingers and Toes — 



Family of Porcupine Men 385 



Disposition to certain Diseases is Hereditary 387 



National Characters formed and preserved by preventing 



Foreign Admixtures 388 



Production of New Breeds 390 



Varieties of Form and Proportions in Animals — 



Powerful Influence of Attention to Breed 393 



Inattention to this Point in the Human Race 394 



Chapter VII. — Differences in the Animal Economy. — Diseases. — 

 External Senses — Language. 



Cutaneous Secretion and Lice of the Negro 395 



Parturition 396 



Absence of Personal Deformity in the Dark Races 397 



Longevity — 



Diflferences in Disease 398 



Acuteness of External Senses in Savage Tribes 401 



Language 403 



Pronunciation of the Hottentots 404 



Monosyllabic Languages of Asia — 



Great Number of Languages in America 406 



Chapter VIII. — Differences in Moral and Intellectual Qualities. 



Question whether these Differences proceed from Organi- 

 zation, or from External Causes 407 



Contrast of the White and Dark-coloured Varieties 408 



Characters of the latter ; new-Hollanders, People of New 



Guinea, Negroes, &c 409 



Native American and Mongolian Tribes, Malays, &c 410 



Good Qualities of some Dark People 412 



Progress of the Mexicans and Peruvians — 



Character and Exploits of the Araucans 413 



Savage Tribes of North 



America — 



Character of the Mongolian People 414 



