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are more nearly allied to the Whites than the natives. 1 Accord- 

 ing to Lahontan 2 and Perrin du Lac/ the natives of North 

 America are less strong but more enduring in their efforts, 

 than Europeans. Kengger 4 says the same of the Indians 

 of Paraguay, and Weld 5 says that Englishmen excel the 

 aborigines of North America in short races, but are beaten 

 by them in long distances. Individual instances of great bodily 

 strength are found among them. Two Ojibbeways proved 

 themselves considerably more powerful than two Belgians of 

 the same age. 6 The Osages belong to the most powerful tribes 

 of the North Americans ; they can perform per day sixty miles 

 on foot. 7 Roger Williams states that the Indians of New Eng- 

 land travel in one day from eighty to one hundred miles, and re- 

 turn home the following day. 8 The performances of the runners 

 whom the native rulers of Mexico and Peru employed are well 

 known. The so-called postillions in Peru perform on foot from 

 twenty to thirty Spanish leagues. 9 That the, beard is but 

 weak among the Americans proves, after these cited instances, 

 nothing against the physical strength of their constitution. 

 Besides, they share this peculiarity with the Mongols and 

 Negroes, and with many South- Arabs. 10 Among the peoples of 

 the Mongol race, the powerful organization of which has never 

 been doubted, the inhabitants of the island Quelpart are con- 

 sidered the strongest ; they can lift heavier weights than the 

 English sailors. 11 Among the Esquimaux there are also in- 

 stances of great strength; for, to overpower one of them, a 

 number of English sailors were requisite in a case related by 



1 Lyon, " Journal of resid. in Mex.," i, p. 87, 1828 ; Burckardt, " Aufenhalt 

 in Mex.," i, p. 152, Stutt., 1836. 



2 Loc. cit., ii, p. 94. 



8 " R. in den beiden Louisianen," ii, p. 29, 1807. 



4 " Naturgesch. der Saugeth. in Paraguay," p. 12, 1830. 



5 " E. durch d. Staaten, in N. Am. Magazin," xx, p. 470. 



6 Quetelet, " Bullet, de Tacad. des sc. de Belg., 1'Institut.," ii, p. 78, 1846. 



7 Nuttall, " Journal of trav. into the Arkansas territory," p. 821, Philad., 

 1821. 



8 Hutchinson, " Hist, of Massachusetts," i, p. 411, note, 3rd edit., Boston, 

 1795. 



9 Temple, " Trav. in Peru," i, p. 269, Lond., 1830. 



10 Pickering, " The races of man," p. 225, 1849. 



11 Belcher, "Narr. of the Voy. of H.M.S. Samarang," i, p. 350, 1848. 



