GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 3 
c. Blackish-brown. 
6. Papuan. Features not prominent in the profile; beard abundant; 
skin harsh to the touch ; hair crisped or frizzled. 
7. NEGRILLO. Apparently beardless; stature diminutive; features ap- 
proaching those of the negro; hair woolly. 
8. INDIAN or TRLINGAN. Features approaching those of the Arabian ; 
the hair in like manner straight or flowing. 
9. ErHiop1AN. Complexion and features intermediate between those of 
the telingan and negro; hair crisped. 
-d. Black. 
10. AUSTRALIAN. Negro features, combined with straight or flowing 
hair. 
11. NEGRo. Close woolly hair; nose much flattened; lips very thick. ~ 
In the present brief reference to the principal subdivisions of the human 
race, we shall follow Latham, who, in his recent work entitled “ Natural 
History of the Varieties of Man,” has treated of the subject in a highly 
scientific manner, and has given to it. as much precision as perhaps it is 
capable of at the present time. : < 
The following table exhibits. the principal divisions and subdivisions 
employed by Mr. Latham, and we shall take up their consideration in gi 
same order: 7 reo 
itis | Sfom. 
uranian. 
| Dioscurian. 
Amphinesian. 
Mongolide. Opratie. {il ulhcsted 
Hyperborean. » 
Peninsular. 
| Negro. Western, Central, Eastern. mi 
-Caffre. Western, Southern, Eastern. | 
| Hottentot. Hottentot, Saab. | | 
Atlantide. Nilotic. Gallahs, Agows, Nubians, Bisharis. 
Amazirgh. Siwans,-  Cabyles, © Tuaricks, Guanches. 
Egyptian. 
Semitic. 
Occidental. 
Sarmatian. 
| Gothic. 
Mediterranean. - 
— | Lolts Cee Kuropean. 
7 -~ Iranian. 
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