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W* may here give an abstract of Dr. Morton's* interesting obser- 

 vations. 



Dr. Morton refers the skulls of Egyptian mummies to two great 

 races, the Caucasian and the Ni gro, the numbei of th • former being 

 vastly the greatest. The I i heads lie refers to three types, 



the Pt las gic, the finest formation; the Semitic, as seen in the 



Hebrews, with comparatively receding for< h ad, long, arched, and 

 very prominent nose, marl. ■••■ between the eyes, and strong 



ipment of the whole facial structure; and the Egyptian, having 

 a narrower and more receding forehead than the Pelasgic, with a 

 more prominent face ; the nose straight or aquiline, the face angular, 

 the features often sharp, and the hair uniformly long, Boft, and curl- 

 ing; amoi skulls which blend the Egyptian and 

 the Pelasgic types. Besides the true Negro type, there are also 

 heads of mixed characters, in which the Negro predominates ; he 

 calls the latter Nt groid. 



Of ninety-eight Egyptian (ancient) crania, forty-nine were Egyp- 

 tian, twenty-nine Pelasgic, six Semitic, live mixed, eight Negroid, 

 and oi. . more than eight tenths belong to the unmixed Cau- 



casian race. The Caucasian heads have a larger internal capacity 

 and a greater facial angle than the Negro; and in the order which 

 he at first enumerated the I 



Allowing for the acquired density from infiltration of bitumen, 

 the cranial bones are as thin and light as in Europeans. The hair 

 line and curling as in Europeans, " perfectly distinct from the 

 woolly texture of the Negro, the frizzled curls of the Mulatto, or the 

 lank, straight locks of the Mongolian." Denoo pointed out in the 

 Egyptian profile the great distance between the nostrils and the I 

 a small and receding chin is also of frequent occurrence. There is 

 abundant evidence that the complexion of the Egyptians did not differ 

 from that of oth I in nations in warm latitudes. While the 



!ted from the sun, were comparatively fair, tho 

 lower c comparatively dark, and might even be called 



i i eks, in comparison with their own. We find a sim- 

 ilar variation among the modern Hindoos. 



The s/tme national physiognomy displayed by the mummies is also 

 represent id on the monuments, as any one will easily find by turning 

 over tie' pag is of Champollion and Rosellini ; viz., an upwardly 

 ■'. head, with receding forehead, delicate features, prominent 

 face, in which a long, straight, or slightly aquiline nose forms a prin- 

 cipal feature, the chin short and retracted, the lips rather turned, and 



*Cra>-ia .(Egypt-iaca ; by Samuel George Morton, M. D. Philadel- 

 phia, 1844. 



