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Similar differences occur in the Ethiopian variety. 

 The Negroes generally correspond in stature with 

 Europeans ; the Hottentots are usually smaller than 

 other Africans, and the Bushmen are remarkably 

 short. The Kaffers are distinguished for their 

 stature, and the muscularity and symmetry of their 

 figures. 



The Mongolians are generally shorter in stature 

 than ourselves ; but considerable varieties are found 

 among them. The Chinese and Japanese are about 

 our own size. The Calmucks, Burats, &c. are 

 shorter ; the people of Loo Choo are a diminutive 

 race, five feet two being the limit of their average 

 height. The Laplanders, Samoiedes, Greenlanders, 

 and Esquimaux are all short ; Captain Parry found 

 no individual among the last above five feet ten ; 

 the average was five feet four, five, and six, inches. 

 It has been reported that a nation of white long- 

 armed dwarfs existed in the island of Madagascar, 

 but there appears no foundation in truth for such a 

 story. 



Differences of Language and intellectual Varieties. 



A very curious point of difference in language is 

 the existence of monosyllabic languages over a very 

 large portion of civilized Asia ; the words are radi- 

 cal sounds of one syllable, which admit neither in- 

 flection nor composition : such are the languages of 

 Thibet, of China, of Goa, Pegu, Siam, Cochin-China, 

 and Tonquin, There is no distinction of parts of 

 speech j thus one and the same word signifiesjo^/w/, 



