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2. The second, or Mongoloid group, have for the most part 

 ■" yellowish-brown or reddish-brown skins, and dark eyes, the hair 

 being long, black and straight." Their skulls range between the 

 extremes of long-headedness and broad-headedness. The group in- 

 cludes " the Mongol, Tibetan, Chinese, Polynesian, Esquimaux and 

 American races." 



3. The third, or Xanthochroic group, have "pale skins, blue eyes, 

 and abundant fair hair. Their skulls, like those of the Mongoloid 

 group, range between the extremes" of long and broad-headedness. \ 

 "The Slavonians, Teutons, Scandinavians and the fair Celtic-speaks^ 

 ing people are the chief representatives" of this type, but it extends 

 ■" into North Africa and Western Asia." 



4. The dark whites, or Melanochroi, constitute the fourth group. 

 They are " pale-complexioned people with dark hair and eyes, and 

 generally long, but sometimes broad skulls." The group includes 

 "the Iberians or Basques and 'Dark Celts' of "Western Europe, and 

 the dark-complexioned white people of the shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean and of Western Asia and Persia." Professor Huxley is 

 inclined to hold that the Melanochroi are not a distinct group, but 

 result from a mixture of Australioids and Xanthochroi, or fair 

 whites. 



It will be noticed that this classification brings together the widely 

 separated Negroes and Negritos, neither of which races is maritime. 

 The Australians are likewise ranked with the Todas and some other 

 tribes of the Dekhan, though neither branch has reached a stage of 

 civilization that would enable it to build ships and cross seas. From 

 what Professor Huxley says in regard to the origin of the Melanochroi, 

 or dark whites, it seems fair to infer that he would explain these 

 difficulties by the hypothesis of a once continuous belt of Negro popu- 

 lation from New Guinea to Africa, and a once continuous belt of 

 Australioid populations from Australia to Britain. As these two 

 belts cover to a great extent the same ground, we have another diffi- 

 culty which we must solve by assuming the intrusion of either the 

 one race or the other, and either Australioid or Negro conquest. 



These difficulties suggest, that possibly after all, Huxley's classifi- ^ 

 cation does not indicate relationship or common descent. The Negroes 

 and Negritos may resemble each other, not because they are of the 

 same stock, but on account of the fact that the sum total of their sur- 

 roundings, or in other words, of their environment, is similar, and 



