6 1 i.n PRODI CI : 



light complexion and diminutive stature. I of the llottmtot 



r:ir • liis b 5 limited to a small locality :it the south 



probable iliit il i the interior 



of the rmiiiiH'iit. I fnlike the Kafte 

 the habits of civilization, and a 



Of the Bosjesmans of the frontier, il is quot< '. " I imong 



rooks and woods; have a keen, vivid eye, always on the alert*; will 

 spring from rock to rock, like the a winch 



I .mi in the bushes, and seldom i the bum 



place; supporting themselves '• wild ani- 



mals, as reptiles and insects." 



The Lb tn race may be said to h i 



crisped hair and light complexion. Mr. Election speaks of thi 

 '• b 6ne sel of people, men absolutely Buch 



of doing anything thai we can do." M I " Under the 



same advantages, Abyssinia might rise to an equality with a I 

 pean nation." This is ill" third race, "which will enter into the 

 question of the primil Egyptians;" t 



with that of the monumental Egyptian ; though Mr. Gliddon has 

 pointed oul the true .A nctly figured <m 



the monuments. 



tie divides the White r two branches, differing :.~ well 



geographically as in institutions and ha 

 and tin? Oriental ; the former rules the Bea by its ships, a 



the land by its caravans. He was surprised at hearing from 

 the lips of Orientals words of ancient and iii in lan- 



-. " until at last the whole class of these lang med as 



if merely recomposed from fragments of Arabic and Sanscrit : and if 

 any European words can be traced to a different t least 



remain to be pointed out." 



Assuming the population of the globe to be 900,00<».<>>r>. the 

 races include the following numbers : 



The White, . . 350,000,000 The Abyssinian, . 3,000,000 



The Mongolian, . 300,000,000 The Papuan, . . 3.000,000 



The Malayan, . . 120,000,000 The Negrillo, . . 3,000,000 



The Australian, . 500.000 



The Telingan, . . 60,000,000 

 The Xegro, . . 55,000,000 

 The Ethiopian, . 5,000,000 



The Hottentot, . 500,000 



Though languages indicate national affiliation, their actual dis- 

 tribution is independent in a great degree of physical race ; and much 

 confusion has arisen among writers from neglecting the means of 



