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(2) Human beings furnished with a single testicle : the 

 Hottentots. 



(3) The beardless : many American tribes. 



(4) The megacephalous, with conical heads : the Chinese. 



(5) The oblique-headed, with skulls flattened in front : the 

 Canadians. 



Blumenbach's system, which has obtained for so long in 

 the scientific world, though possessing valuable advantages 

 over that of Linnaeus is still not entirely adequate. He gives 

 five races or varieties. 



(1) The Caucasians, white skinned, with red cheeks, brown, 

 or brownish hair, round skull, oval face, smooth forehead, 

 narrow, slightly aquiline nose, small mouth, perpendicular 

 front teeth, face symmetrical and agreeable. In Europe all 

 nations with the exception of the Laplanders and Finns. In 

 Asia the inhabitants of all parts as far as the Caspian Sea, 

 the Obi, and the Ganges. In Africa, the North Africans. 



(2) The Mongols, with yellowish sallow skin, straight, thin 

 hair on the head, almost square skull, broad face, shallow and 

 flattened, the nose small and turned up, narrow eyes and pro- 

 jecting cheek-bones. In Asia all nations except the Caucasians 

 and Malays. In Europe the Finns, Lapps and Eskimos. 



(3) The Ethiopians, with dark brown skin, black, curly hair, 

 laterally compressed skull, bulging forehead, projecting cheek- 

 bones, blunt nose, blending into the prominent upper jaw, upper 

 teeth sloping, protruding lips, retreating chin, femoral bone 

 curved inwards. In Africa, all tribes except those of North 

 Africa. 



(4) The Americans, with copper-coloured skin, thin, straight, 

 black hair, low forehead, deep-set eyes, rather large nose slightly 

 turned up, broad but not flattened face. Forehead and skull 

 frequently artificially deformed. In America, all aborigines 

 except the Eskimos. 



(5) The Malays, with chestnut- brown skin, black hair, rather 

 soft, thick and curly, skull rather narrow, forehead rounded, 

 broad nose with thickened tip, large mouth with upper jaw 

 slightly projecting. In Asia, the inhabitants of the Malay 

 Peninsula, the Marian, Philippine, Molucca and Sunda Isles. 

 In Australasia, the islanders of the Pacific Ocean. 



