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THE F-THNOL0GT OF R ASTERN ASIA. 



Shotia and the adjacent Indo-Tihetan races, The Tibetan, Bhoti* 

 and a few of the other Himalayan tribes have the Mongolian cha- 

 racteristics more pronounced than is commonly the case in many 

 of the latter. In the lower In do-Tibetan races the ovoid form 

 becomes more delicate, and it is found in perhaps still greater per- 

 fection I* the Anamese, whose head is small and tends to the 

 obtuse ovoid and globular ; the Turanian features are still more 

 softened and rounded than in the Chinese, and the eye is rn^re open 

 and less inclined. It is one of the most delicate forms of the Tura- 

 nian. A form intermediate between the ovoid and the finer oblong 

 approaches most nearly of all to the oval, and indeed often passes 

 into it It ig found most abundantly amongst the lower Himalayan 

 and Vmdyan tribes, in Ultraindia amongst the Arrokanese, the Ka- 

 renB and the Ka-kyens, in part of Indonesia and Polynesia*. In 

 many races the eye is as lar^e and open as in the Ind-o-European 

 family, and often remarkable for its mingled boldness, softness and 

 brilliancy, as in most of the S. E. Indonesian tribe*. In many of 

 these tribes the forehead has the roundness and expansion of the ovoid, 

 hut with a greater fullness and finer jnoulding of the lower part of 

 the head than in the Tibeto-Anam form. The Chepang are a degje* 

 nerate breed of Tibeto-Indians, the forehead being narrow and the 

 mouth large and protruding. The Bodo, who approach more to 

 the Newari than the other Himalayan tribes, frequently resemble 

 the Mugs or Burmese. The Garo belong to the same type but 

 with the features harsh. The Tangusians near the Chinese frontier 

 differ little from the adjacent Chinese.f The Lau towards China 

 differ littlefrom the Chinese of the western provinces. The Siamese 

 however are distinguished by a remarkable flatness of the back of 

 the head, lowness of the hair on the forehead, and largeness and 

 height of the face. Theocciputal flatness appears also in Polynesia 

 and in many of the tribes ot S. K Asia, though in them it is less 

 marked than in the Siamese. The Burmese have somewhat more 

 prominent features. Of the other Irawadi tribes the Naga appear to 

 tend to the orbicular. The most primitive people of the western side 

 of the basin of the Irawadi, the Kyens, have more of the Ch inese 

 flatness than the Burmese. The Nicobarians also, when without 

 Malay or Burmese blood, approach to the Chinese. The obliquity 

 and narrowness of the eye, which is the most marked characteristic 

 of the Chinese, is very greatly diminished, and often little percep- 



• The aboriginal Indian tribes, with the exemption of the Turanian Rajmahall, 

 Khond, KolandGond, appear to be intermediate batmen Ita Iranian and Turanian, 

 bat much nearer the former, and with a strong resemblance to many African tribe*. 

 They are smaller, more sfjuat. thicker in the lip, broader and flatter in the face, 

 less prominent ia the nose, and darker in complexion than the Rajput*. The colour 

 is nearly black in many. Amount these tribes are the bom, Rawat, Bail, Kuli 

 and Marathi, and probably most of th« sudra class throughout India. The Dora, 

 Rawat and Bhil have much of the negro, Indo-African or Melanesian character, 

 which may lw largely traced in 8. India. 



t M. Brugierewho lived for some time at Sivan amongst the Mnnchus, after 

 travelling through China, declares that they differ tittle from the Chinese save in 

 having the eyes more prominent. The colour h tawoy red. Aon di>la Prop. 1837,293. 



