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nized. I have purposely omitted such people as the 

 Abyssinians and the Hindoos, who there is every reason 

 to believe result from the intermixture of distinct stocks. 

 Perhaps I ought, for like reasons, to have ignored the 

 Mincopies. But I do not pretend that my enumeration 

 is complete or, in any sense, perfect. It is enough for 

 my purpose if it be admitted (and I think it cannot 

 be denied) that those which I have mentioned exist, 

 are well marked, and occupy the greater part of the 

 habitable globe. 



In attempting to classify these persistent modifications 

 after the manner of naturalists, the first circumstance 

 that attracts one's attention is the broad contrast between 

 the people with straight and wavy hair, and those with 

 crisp, woolly, or tufted hair. Bory de St. Vincent, noting 

 this fundamental distinction, divided mankind accord- 

 ingly into the two primary groups of Leiotrichi and 

 Ulotrichi, terms which are open to criticism, but which 

 I adopt in the accompanying table, because they have 

 been used. It is better for science to accept a faulty 

 name which has the merit of existence, than to burthen 

 it with a faultless newly invented one. 



Under each of these divisions are two columns, one 

 for the Brachycephali, or short heads, and one for the 

 Dolichocephali. 1 or long heads. Again, each column is 

 subdivided transversely into four compartments, one for 

 the " leucous," people with fair complexions and yellow 

 or red hair ; one for the " leucomelanous," with dark hair 

 and pale skins ; one for the " xanthomelanous," with black 

 hair and yellow, brown, or olive skins ; and one for the 

 " melanoma," with black hair and dark brown or blackish 

 skins. 



1 Skulls, the transverse diameter of which is more than eight-tenths the 

 long diameter, are short ; those which have the transverse diameter less than 

 eight-tenths the longitudinal, are long. 



