22 CLASS-BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



9th Order. — Fish- like Mammalia. 



Fig. 14. 



The Black "Whale. — (Balcena Mysticetus.) 



SECTION IV. 

 1st Order — Man: (Bimanus.) 



§ 21. Man is the most perfect being among the living 

 creatures on earth : the exclusive possession of reason 

 and speech, the power of walking erect, the relative pro- 

 portion of his thighs and arms, the wide soles of his feet, 

 and the facility with which he uses two perfect hands, dis- 

 tinguish him from all the lower animals. 



§ 22. But as climate and mode of life, in the different 

 countries of the world, have caused different colors and 

 features, the human species may be divided into the 

 White, the Mongolian, the Ethiopia, and the Malayan 

 Varieties. 



§ 23. The White Variety is also called the Caucasian 

 Variety, because it took its origin from the numerous 

 tribes still existing in the Caucasus ; as the Alanes, the 

 Avares, the Circassians, etc. 



§ 24. The White Variety is distinguished by a white 

 skin ; florid cheeks ; long, soft brown hair, more or less 

 dark, and curled ; and a bony head, which presents the 

 finest intellectual organization. 



§ 25. The Caucasian Variety includes all the Europeans 

 and their descendants, (with the exception of the Lapland- 

 ers,) the Tartars, the Caucasians, Persians, Jews, Turks. 



