274 LINN^US. 



I. Primates or Nobles: Mammalia furnished with 

 fore teeth, of which there are four in the upper jaw, and 

 two pectoral mammae. 



II. Bkuta : No fore teeth in either jaw. 



III. Fer^, Beasts of Prey : The fore teeth conical, 

 usually six in each jaw. 



IV. Glires or Gnawers : Two chissel-shaped fore teeth 

 in each jaw. 



V. Pecora, Cattle : No fore teeth in the upper jaw, 

 several in the lower. 



VI. Bellu^ : Fore teeth ohtuse ; feet furnished with 

 hoofs. 



VII. Cete, Whales: Pectoral fins in the place of feet, 

 and in place of a tail the hind feet united so as to form a 

 flat fin ; no claws ; the teeth cartilaginous. 



The order Primates contains four genera : — 



1. Homo, Man, of which (strange to say) he 

 makes two species, viz. Homo Sapiens, including all 

 the descendants of Adam, and Ho7no Troglodytes, 

 the orang-outang ! The varieties of the human 

 race are the American, the European, the Asiatic, 

 the African or Negro, and those called monstrous, 

 such as the Patagonians, characterized by their 

 great size, the flat-headed Indians of Canada, &c. 

 His description of the human figure is amusing ; and 

 as it may aiford an idea of his mode of viewing ob- 

 jects, we shall translate it in part : — 



" The Body erect, bare, sprinkled over with a few 

 distant hairs, and about six feet high. The Head 

 inversely egg-shaped : scalp covered with longer 

 hairs : the fore part obtuse, crown very obtuse, hind- 

 head bulging. The Face bare : Forehead flattish, 

 square, compressed at the temples, ascending at the 

 corners among the hair. Eyebrows somewhat pro- 



