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tive race with characteristics approaching to those 

 of some other. 



Children born from an intermixture of different 

 races hold generally a middle station between the 

 two. Thus the Mulatto forms a medium between 

 the African and European. The colour will be 

 more or less dark according to the complexion of 

 the European father or mother. The cheeks are 

 not ruddy, and the hair is black and curled, but less 

 short than the negroes. The iris is always dark. 



From the Europeans and Mulattoes proceed what 

 are called Tercerons. These generally resemble 

 Europeans. The hair has nothing of the woolly 

 curl, the skin has a slight brown tint, and the cheeks 

 are red. The offspring of these last and the Euro- 

 peans are not to be distinguished from our own 

 race. An opposite course will reduce the Mulatto 

 offspring to the characters of the negro, and by 

 intermixture with the latter, the fourth generation 

 will be perfectly black. 



From the native Indians and the Europeans are 

 born Mestizos. They are much lighter than the 

 Mulattos, and often not distinguishable in colour from 

 Europeans. The small beard, hands, and feet, and 

 the obliquity of the eyes, mark their Indian blood. 

 The offspring from them and European fathers are 

 in all respects like the Europeans. 



From Negroes and Americans spring Zambos, 

 resembling Mulattos, but darker. 



Among the dark races are sometimes found per- 

 sons spotted with white. 



