280 DIFFERENCES OF FEATURES. 



This is the kind of countenance which accords most with 

 our ideas of beauty : it may be considered as a middle, de- 

 parting into two extremes, exactly opposed to each other in 

 most respects, yet agreeing in having a low and receding 

 forehead. In one, the face is expanded laterally ; in the 

 other, it is lengthened forwards or downwards. Each of 

 these includes two varieties, which are most readily distin- 

 guished by a profile view ; one, in which the nose and other 

 parts run together ; and the other, in which they are more 

 prominent and separate. 



2. Broad and flattened face, with the parts slightly distin- 

 guished, and as it were running together: the space between 

 the eyes flat and very broad, flat nose, rounded projecting 

 cheeks; narrow and linear aperture of the eyelids extending 

 towards the temples (yeux brides, Fr.J, the internal angle of 

 the eye depressed towards the nose, and the superior eyelid 

 continued at that part into the inferior by a rounded sweep ; 

 chin slightly prominent. 



This is the face of the Mongolian tribes ; commonly 

 called in English the Tartar face, from the confusion of the 

 Tartars (Tatars) with the Mongols. 



3. Face broad, but not flat and depressed, with prominent 

 cheek-bones ; and the parts, when viewed in profile, as it 

 were more deeply and distinctly carved out. Short fore-head, 

 eyes deeply seated, nose flattish, but prominent. Such is 

 the countenance of most Americans. 



4. Narrow face, projecting towards its lower part; nar- 

 row, slanting, and arched forehead ; eyes prominent (afieur 

 de t^te) ; a thick nose, confused on either side with the 

 projecting cheeks {nez ^patc^J ; the lips, particularly the 

 upper one, very thick ; the jaws prominent, and the chin 

 retracted. This is the countenance of the Negro — the 

 Guinea face. 



5. The face not so narrow as the preceding, rather pro- 

 jecting downwards, with the diflercnt parts in a side-view 

 rising more freely and distinctly. The nose rather full and 

 broad, and thicker towards its apex (bottle-nosed). The 

 mouth large. This is the face of the Malays, particularly 

 of the South Sea Islanders. 



