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THE WHITE RACE. 



The English. 



LESSON XIV. 



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THE WHITE RACE. 



A FIFTH and last great division of mankind is 

 the white race, with oval face, long hair, and 

 pointed nose. It comprehends the people of Eu- 

 rope, and some of the adjacent countries ; for in- 

 stance, the Turks, the Circassians, and other tribes 

 about Mount Caucasus, the Persians, the natives 

 of Hindoostan, the Arabians, the Moors, who in- 

 habit the north of Africa, and the Abyssinians, as 

 well as the Jews. 



In countries of such extent, there is considerable 

 variety of complexion and countenance : in the 

 north, the people are larger and fairer, with light 

 hair, and blue eyes; whereas, in the south they 

 are dark, often very brown, and have black hair 

 and eyes. There is an intermixture of these 



