BIMANA. 



and other Tartar nomades. The characteristic features of the Calmucs con- 

 sist in the oblique position of the eyes, the inner angle of which, descending 

 toward the nose, is slightly open and fleshy; in the eyebrows being 

 black, thin, and forming a low arch ; in a peculiar formation of the nose, 

 which is generally flattened and crushed down toward the forehead; in 

 the prominence of the cheek-bones, and in the roundness of the head and 

 countenance. The ball of the eye is likewise very brown; the lips large 

 and fleshy; the chin short; the teeth very white, continuing fine and 

 sound, even in old age; the ears are of enormous size, and loose from 

 the head. These characteristics are all, more or less, apparent in every 

 individual. It is stated, by the same authority, as a remarkable circum- 

 stance, that a mixture of the Russian and Tartar, with the Calmuc and 

 Mongole, produces very beautiful children; whilst those of Calmuc and 

 M ongole origin are of misshapen figure, being, until the age of six years, 

 bloated and ill-complexioned : as they grow, however, their features 

 assume a more regular form. 



The annexed portrait of Feodor Iwanowitsch, a Calmuc, educated at 



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Feodor Iwanowitsch. A Calmuc. 



