52 MAMMALIA. 



been assigned by Bory St. Vincent) : and the numerous divisions and subdivisions of that naturahst 

 being tolerably in accordance with the ap])arent value of tlie characters presented, \vliet!ier or not they 

 truly represent the real distinctions, or, in some instauces, siuiilariry be confounded with identity (a 

 problem to which philology seems to offer thu nuly key), the outline of his arrangement may be 

 transferred to tlie present work, wliere it may cluuice to prove us,eful to some observers. His supposed 

 species are as follow :— 



1. H. Japedcas, Bory; corresponding to the Caucasian race of Cuvier. — Tliis is distributed under 

 three prijicipal varieties, termed Caircas-icus^ Arabicus, and Indicus : of these the first is arranged into 

 fi\e snbvaricties, named Caucasicufi {Orienialis), Pelagius {Meridionalis), Celticus {Occident alis), Ger- 

 manicus {Borealh), and Sclavonicus {Infer mediufi), which severally comprehend the Caucasic, Pelasgic, 

 Celtic, Teutonic, and Sclavonic (including the Sarmatic) nations ; the second into two subvarieties, 

 Jllanficus {Occ id en talis), and Jdamicus {Orientahs), respectively containing the Phoenicians, ancient 

 Kumidians, and Guaaches, or the Punic nations, and the Abyssinians, primitive Egyptians (modern 

 Copts), Jews, Armenians, Arabians, &c., or the Coptic and Semitic natiims. 



2. //. Niptunianm, Bory. — Ranged under three subchvisions : the lirat unnamed (Qu. Malaynnvs ^) 

 alhed to — prubably much mingled with — the Indian variety of II. Japcticus, and consisting of the 

 Well-known !\lala\.>, which people the coasts only of fhe peninsula nf Malacca, tlie islilnd^ of the 

 Indian ocean, Madagascar, &.C., never penetrating inland; thu scconil, 0cc7Wr_'/;/a//.v, cnmprising the 

 New Zealanders, and natives of the Society, Friendly, S.mduich, and other inlands scattered over the 

 Pacific ocean, — it is suggested, also, (but with due and much required hesitation,) the ancient Mexi- 

 cans and Peruvians: the third, Papuensis, composed of certain inhabitants of ]iart of the north coast 

 of New Guinea, tlic shores of the islands AVaigou, Salwaty, Garameu, and a few ntiiers, is obvnjuslv a 

 hybrid race, derived from the intermixture of the Malay and true Papou. Cuvier has remarked the 

 artinity of language subsisting between the Malays and South S>.'a Islanders. 



.J. II. ,Sci/fhicus, Bory. — The first division of this, unnamed (Qu. Mongolemis ?) consists of the 

 Calmncks and other Tartars ; the second, 5mzc!(5 (Homo sinicm oi Bory), of the Chinese, Japanese, 

 &c. ; and the third and last, Ili/perboreus {Homo h ijperbo re a>i, \jox\), oi the Esquimaux. It corre- 

 sponds to the Mong(dian race of Cuvier. 



4. //. Aniericauas, Bory. — " Species," the autlM")r writes, " adlmc male cogiiita, fur.saa iota vet ex 

 parte ad Scijtlncam reducenday' of which the latter oul\ is in the least pmbable. '' .IntoclitliOnes Jme- 

 ric(B raeridioiiali-i, in stirjies innuoieras dintributi ; e. g. Umognce, Cuarani, Coroadi, Atiires, OlomofpL), 

 Botncudi, Giiiacce, C/ierri'C^e, &.C." '-^ A second division is designated Patagonns, {hvlw^ the Ilumo 

 P(.itagoiins of Bory, J c'omjHi^ed of the large-staturcd Patagotuans. 



5. //. CotiunbicHs, Bory. — The ordinary red Indian of America. 



6. H. .-^thiopicus, Bory. — Divided into the true Negro, not otherwise named ; Caffcr, [Homo Cajfer, 

 Bory,) inhabiting CafTraria,. and part of the coast of Madagascar ; Metanoides, {Homo metaninus, Bory), 

 tlie Papous or indigenous inhabitants of ]\Iadagascar, tlie shores of New Guinea, the islands of New- 

 Britain, New Ireland, and many others, also of Van Dieiiicn's Land ; and Ilottentotus {Homo Hotlen- 

 totns, Bory), theBushand other Hottentots, wliieh, it m;iy be renuirked, have not afe\v analo^ncs with 

 the nomadic Mongoles. The last appear to have been much redm'ed and encruached on. Till a remnant 

 only is left near the south coast of Africa, just as the Celts are now conlined to the exteme west of Europe. 



7. Lastly, H. Poti/nesi/'.s, Fisclier (//. anstralaricus, Bor) ).— The Alfonruns, the lowest in the scale 

 of human ijcings : comprising the inland inhabitants of the Malay peninsula, the islands of the Indian 

 Ocean, Madagascar, New Guinea, New Holland, {s.c. 



Such is tlie arrangement of an able and accomplished naturahst, pubhshed in 1829, or the same 

 year in which our author gave to the world his second and last edition of the present work. The 

 most recent authority, which is the third edition uf Dr. Prichard's elaborate *' Researches into the 

 Physical History of Mankind," contends strenuously for unity of species in the genus Homo: but it 

 may be remarked that much stress is laid on the productiveness of mingled races of mankind, without 

 any new or satisfactory evidence being adduced in proof of the comparative sterility of the h>brid 

 otFspring of the more intimately a])proximate races "which have claim to be ranked as siiccies ; sucn as 



* " A Kpccics imperfccUy kiio«-n, probably ur in pnrt referable lo I s;)fcfcs, want of space compels me lo refer the re;i<lcr lo Ilie oriirinnl 

 the precetfing one. It comprehends immeruus tribes of South Ame I work. A emiiium of the saviib^c tribe of Buttu-.iidi is fttjureii bv tfpix 

 rica," aome of which are above iiained. For tlie characters of these I In his work on American Qituiirumiirie.. 



