MONKEYS. 



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same race, stunted by the rigors of the climate in 

 which they live. This race has prominent cheek-bones, 

 a facial angle of about seventy-five degrees, oblique eyes, 

 inclining downward at the internal angle, a yellow or 

 olive color, and straight black hair. 



" The Ethiopian race inhabits Africa south of the 

 Atlas Mountains. It is distinguished by the black or 

 very dark color of the skin, a small facial angle, not 

 much more than sixty degrees, thick, projecting lips, 

 flattened nose, and curled, woolly hair. 



" The natives of America and Australia possess certain 

 peculiarities which have rendered their classification 

 uncertain. The cele- 

 brated Blumenbach 

 made a special race of 

 the red-man, but the 

 natural historians con- 

 sider them related to 

 the Caucasians, while 

 the Australians are re- 

 garded as descendants 

 of the Ethiopian race." 

 (Pouchet.) 



MONKEYS. 



Monkeys are of all 

 animals those that most 

 closely resemble man. 

 They have been called 



quadrumana, from the CHIMPANZEE (after H artmann). 

 fact that in some 



species the four extremities are terminated by hands, 

 each provided with a thumb ; but in many species only 

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