28 NATURAL HISTORY. 
the most part, Europe, the western part of Asia, and the 
United States. It 1s characterized by the oval shape of 
the face, a considerable variety of color both of the skin 
and the hair, and mental superiority. It is called Cauea- 
sian, from the Caucasian Mountains, in the neighborhood 
of which this race was at first settled. Even at the pres- 
ent day it is said that the external characteristics of this 
race are better developed in that locality than any where 
else, the Georgians and Circassians being the handsomest 
people in the world. The negro, or thiopian variety, I 
need not describe. The Mongolian race, of which the 
Chinese are the largest family, is characterized by prom- 
inent broad cheek-bones, a flat square face, small oblique 
eyes, straight black hair, a scanty beard, and olive skin. 
The American variety has high cheek-bones, large and 
bold features, except the eyes, which are sunken deeply 
in the sockets, hair generally black and stiff} and a cop- 
per complexion. In the Walay race, inhabiting the isl- 
ands south of Asia, in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the 
complexion is brown, the hair is black and thick, the 
forehead is low and round, the nose is full and broad 
with wide nostrils, and the mouth is large. 
40. So great is the difference between these varieties, 
especially the Caucasian and the Ethiopian, that some 
believe that they came originally from different pairs. 
But the Bible declares that they were all descended from 
one pair, and almost all physiologists consider this to be 
also proved by a candid examination of facts. The dif- 
ferent races of man are not more distinct from each other 
than the varieties of dogs and other animals. It is a re- 
markable fact that animals which remain wild are not 
apt to have varieties, while in those which are domestic- 
ated by man different breeds or varieties arise. Thus 
lions and tigers remain always the same, but dogs, horses, 
etc., have many varieties. So it is with man. Under the 
various influences to which he is subjected in society, in 
different ages and localities, varieties are produced. 
