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pai-ts of Indi^ and the ea/^t coast of Madagascar. The compkxion 

 is dark (best imitated by a mixture of red and black), the skm is 

 soft, the features are like those of Europeans, hair straight and 

 fine, and the beard copious. 



The Ethiopian race is darker than the Telingan, the hair 

 is crisp and fine, skin soft, and the features are more like Euro- 

 pean .features than those of the Negro. This race inhabits the 

 north-eastern portion of Africa, including Southern Egypt, part 

 of Nubia, and part of Abyssinia; a few detached spots towards 

 the north-west, and a large tract of country by Senegambia. 



The Australian race inhabits Australia alone. The com- 

 plexion is like that of the Negro, but the hair is not woolly like 

 that of the Negro. 



The Negro race inhabits the central parts of Africa, from 

 the north of Ashanti to a little southward of Zanzibar. The com- 

 plexion is black, the lips are immensely thick, the nose is flat, and 

 the hair close and curly, strongly resembling wool. 



In the distribution of races, it is most interesting to observe 

 the influence of climate and vegetation on the character of man. 

 The vast tract of desert extending from the north-west of Africa, 

 through Arabia, part of India and Tartary, as far as Mongolia, is 

 inhabited by nomadic, or wandering tribes, who depend princi- 

 pally on the milk of their domesticated animals for subsistence. 



The interminable and trackless woods of North America 

 develop tribes whose faculties are moulded to the exigencies of 

 their position. To their practised senses the tangled forests are 

 as clear as the highway; the moss on the trees, the sun by day, 

 the stars by night, the rushing of the wind, or the sounds of animal 

 life, are as broad roads and legible signs to them, where we should 

 discover no means to escape from the wilderness of trees. De- 

 pendent in a great measure on hunting for their subsistence, their 

 keen eye marks the slightest trace of the expected prey ; a droop- 

 ing leaf, a twisted blade of grass, a bent twig, a ripple in the 

 stream, are all noticed and all understood. Ever eagerly bent on 

 the destruction of inimical tribes, and deeming the number of 

 "scalps" attached to their dress, each designating a slain enemy, 



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