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W hat causes have produced the striking differences observ- 

 able in the various races of mankind ? 



Into what principal races are mankind generally divided ? 



The Tchuktchi. (Siberian*.) 



LESSON X. 



THE POLAR RACE. 



ALL the northern parts of the two hemispheres, 

 into which the globe is divided, are peopled by 

 nations belonging to the Polar race, who are very 

 dark, having a flat visage, and black hair and 

 eyes. They are thick in^form, and extremely 

 short in stature. To this race belong the Lapland- 

 ers, in Europe; the Samoyedes, the Ostiaks, the 

 Tchuktchi, and the Kamtsehadales, in Asia ; the 

 Greenlanders and the Esquimaux, in America. 

 The inhabitants of Finland resemble those nations 

 in almost every circumstance, excepting their 

 height, which nearly equals that of other Europe- 

 ans. Living under a severe climate, and subsisting 

 on particular kinds of food, their stature seems to 



