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BIMANA. 



ON THE MAIN STEMS AND PRINCIPAL BRANCHES OF THE 

 HUMAN RACE. 



IT is, to a great extent, upon the differences which the crania of dif- 

 ferent sections of mankind permanently exhibit, and which thus form 

 important characteristics, that the division of the human race into main 

 stems is founded ; and these distinctions cannot be more clearly seen than 

 by regarding the cranium in a vertical aspect : the comparative length and 

 breadth, the degree of prominence in the face, and that, also, of the 

 malar bones and zygomatic arches, are thus at once appreciated. It is, 



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therefore, to shew the range of variation, in these respects, between 

 skulls which may be regarded as patterns of four distinct varieties of our 

 species, that the above figures are given. The skull of the Titicacan 



