46 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Man. 



1. Alplni. The inhabitants of the northern mountains; thefe are fmall in ftature, active, and timid 

 in their difpofitions. 



2. Patagonici. The Patagonians of South America ; of vaft fize, and indolent in their manners. 



3. Monorchldes. The Hottentots ; having one tefticle extirpated. 



4. Imberhes. Moft of the American nations ; who "eradicate their beards, and the hair from every 

 part of the body except the fcalp. 



5. Macroeephali. The Chinefe; who have their heads artificially forced into a conical form. 



6. Plagiocephuli. The Canadian Indians ; who have the fore part of their heads flattened, when 

 young, by compreffion. 



The following arrangement, of the varieties in the human fpecies, is offered by 

 Dr Gmelin as more convenient than that of Linnseus. 



1. White. — a. — H. Albus. 



Formed by the rules of fymmetrical elegance and beauty; or, at leaft, what we confider as fuch. — 

 This divifion includes almoft all the inhabitants of Europe; thofe of Afia on this fide of the Oby, 

 the Cafpian, Mount Imaus, and the Ganges; likewife the natives of the north of Africa, of Green- 

 land, and the Efquimeaux. 



Brown. — b. — H. Badius. 



Of a yellowifh brown colour ; has fcanty hairs, flat features, and fmall eyes. — This variety takes 

 in the whole inhabitants of Afia not included in the preceding divifion. 



Black. — c. — H. Niger. 



Of black complexion ; has frizly hair, a flat nofe, and thick lips. — The whole inhabitants of Afri- 

 ca, excepting thofe of its more northern parts. 



Copper coloured. — d. — H. Cupreus. 



The complexion of the Ikin refembles the colour of copper not burniftied. The whole inhabi- 

 tants of America, except the Greenlanders and Efquimeaux. 



Tawny. — e. — H. Fufcus. 



Chiefly of a dark blackifh brown colour, having a broad nofe, and harfh coarfe ftreight hair — 

 The inhabitants of the fouthern iflands ; and of moft of the Indian iflands. 



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