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dwell in vessels, are almost invariably coarse, ill-featured, 

 and of a deep-brown complexion, like that of the Hottentots. 

 We saw women in China, though very few, vvho might pass 

 for beauties even in Europe. A small black or dark- brown 

 eye, a short rounded nose, generally a little flattened, lips 

 considerably thicker than in Europeans, and black hair, are 

 universal *." 



Mr. Turner informs us, that " the people of Thibet 

 have invariably black hair, small black eyes with long pointed 

 corners, as if extended by artificial means, eyelashes so thin 

 as to be scarcely perceptible, and eyebrows but slightly 

 shaded. Below the eyes is the broadest part of the face, 

 which is rather Hat, and narrows from the cheek-bones to the 

 chin. Their skins are remarkably smooth ; and most of 

 them arrive at a very advanced age before they can boast 

 even the earliest rudiments of a beard. Their complexion 

 is not so dark by many shades as that of the European Por- 

 tuguese f. 



The Eskimaux are formed on the Mongolian model, al- 

 though they inhabit countries so different from the abodes of 

 the original tribes of central Asia. 



" The male Eskimaux have rather a prepossessing physi- 

 ognomy, but with very high cheek-bones, broad foreheads, 

 and small eyes, rather further apart than those of an Euro- 

 pean. The corners of their eyelids are drawn together so 

 close, that none of the white is to be seen : their mouths 

 are wide, and their teeth white and regular. The complexion 

 is a dusky yellow, but some of the young women have a little 

 colour bursting through this dark tint. The noses of the 

 men are rather flattened, but those of the women are rather 

 prominent. The males are, generally speaking, between 

 five feet five inches and five feet eight inches high, bony and 

 broad shouldered, but do not appear to possess much must 



* Travels in China, p. 183-5. 



t Account df an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, p. 84, — 5. 

 He observed the same character of countenance in theRegent of Thibet p. (241); 

 in the person second in rank, a Mantchoo Tatar (p. 247); and in the mother 

 of the new Lama (p. 336), 



