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ficial means. The hinder parts of the skull greatly 

 preponderate ; the face is large and muscular ; the 

 nasal bone neither small nor flat; the cavity is large, 

 and the jaws and teeth exhibit manifestations of 

 great strength. 



The general characters in this respect attributed 

 to the Malay variety are, a moderately-narrowed 

 cranium slanting at the interior and upper part ; face 

 large, and jaws prominent. But, indeed, the nu- 

 merous nations comprehended, with not much phi- 

 losophical precision under this variety, exhibit very 

 various and opposing characters ; some are not dis- 

 tinguishable in the formation of this part from Eu- 

 ropeans, some partake of the Mongole, and many 

 of the Negro type. In truth, the above division of 

 skulls is somewhat arbitrary, and though sufficient 

 for general purposes, is, by no means, universally 

 applicable. 



The only natural variety in the teeth of the human 

 species consists in the oblique position of the ante- 

 rior incisors in the Negroes as may be observed in 

 the plate. Artificial differences can have no place 

 in this division of the subject. 



We proceed to other variations of form. The 

 occiput of the Negro projects less behind the spine 

 than the same part in Europeans, in consequence 

 of the foramen magnum being farther back in the 

 former. The Mongolian tribes are characterized by 

 a broad, square, and robust, body, limbs short and 

 muscular, and high shoulders. 



- The trunk of the Negro is smaller than that of 

 the European, especially about the hips and pelvis. 



