INTO FI\K VARIETIES. 4/7 



Germans, which have occupied only the more distant 

 regions. 



In support of the opinion, that the original stock of the 

 human species had the characters of the Caucasian variety, 

 it may be stated, that the part of Asia which seems to have 

 been the cradle of the race, has always been, and still is, in- 

 habited by tribes of that formation : and that the inhabit- 

 ants of Europe, in great part, may be traced back for their 

 origin to the west of Asia. I think, however, that we have 

 not the data necessary for establishing a satisfactory con- 

 clusion on this point. We cannot yet assume it as a point 

 fully proved, that all the varieties of man have been produ- 

 ced from one and the same breed. 



II. The Mongolian Variety is characterized by olive 

 colour, which in many cases is very light, and black eyes ; 

 black, straight, strong, and thin hair ; little or no beard ; 

 head of a square form, with small and low forehead ; broad 

 and flattened face, with the features running together ; the 

 glabella flat and very broad ; nose small and flat ; rounded 

 cheeks projecting externally ; narrow and linear aperture of 

 the eyelids ; eyes placed very obliquely ; sight projection of 

 the chin ; large ears ; thick lips. The stature, particularly 

 in the countries near the North Pole, is inferior to that of 

 Europeans. 



It includes the numerous more or less rude, and in great 

 part Nomadic tribes, which occupy central and northern 

 Asia; as the Mongols, Calmucks, and Burats*, the Mant- 

 choos or Mandshurs, Daourians, Tungooses, and Coreans ; 

 the Samoides f, Yukagirs, Coriacks, Tschutki, and Kamts- 

 chadales X ; the Chinese § and Japanese || ; the inhabitants 

 of Thibet and Bootan ; those of Tungquin, ^-ochin China^ 



* The figures in the plates of Pallas, Histor. Nachrichten iiber die Mongol. 

 Volkerschaften, give some idea of the general characters of the Mongolian 

 tribes. 



+ Voyage de Corx. Le Brux, v. i. pi. 7, 8, and 9. 



\ Cook's Voyage to the Pacific ; pi. 75 and 76. 



^ Barrow's Travels in China ; frontispiece, and p. 50. 



y Laxgsdorff's Voyages, Ssc. v. i. pi. 16- p. 316. 



