CHAPTER IX. 



THENEGRORACE. 



At the present day, the personal appearance of the Negro, is gene- 

 rally familiar ; and the thick lips, flattened nose, retreating forehead, 

 close woolly hair, and dark complexion, have become proverbial. 

 The Negro appears to exceed all other races in depth of hue ; and in 

 the close M^oolly texture of the hair, is rivalled only by the Hottentot. 

 The absence of rigidity and of a divided apex in the cartilage of the 

 nose, is a character common equally to the Malayan, and probably to 

 some of the other races. 



In the case of two Albino children, the Negro aspect had so entirely 

 disappeared, that they might have passed for the children of Euro- 

 peans, but for the remarkable appearance of the hair ; which I could 

 only compare to a white fleece. 



The Negro race seems to occupy about one half of Africa; and, 

 excluding the northern and southern extremes with the table-land of 

 Abyssinia, it holds all the more temperate and fertile parts of the con- 

 tinent. These limits, to all appearance, would not have been exceeded 

 to this day, aside from foreign interference : but as one consequence 

 of the events of the last two centuries, the Negro race seems destined 

 to fill hereafter an important place in general history. 



COLONIAL NEGROES. 



a. Europea?iized Negroes. 



Negroes are now to be found in most parts of the globe where 

 Europeans have established themselves; and although separate no- 

 tices seem hardly to be required, I have selected the following. 



