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of Moses. The Copts seem the original negro- 
stock, corresponding to that race in the nose and 
lip ; their hair is curled, not close like the ne- 
groes, but like the mulattoes. In Egypt the colour 
and features vary more than in any country in 
the same state of civilization. The mummies are 
covered with the same wampum work that is com- 
mon among the Tartars, Tattowing is as common 
among the Arabs as among the islanders of the 
South Sea. The women are generally tattowed 
on the chin with perpendicular lines, descending 
from the under lip, as is practised by the women 
on the north-west coast of America. The nails 
are stained red, as among the Cochin-Chinese 
and northern Tartars. The Russian and Greek 
dresses resemble each other, and both the Greek 
and Russian women wear a fillet round the tem- 
ples. The same machines are used for diversion 
as in Russia, consisting of a large wheel, in the 
extremities of which seats are suspended, in which 
people are whirled over and under each other. 
Their music consists of a drum and pipe, both of 
which resemble these instruments in the South 
Seas. Their drum is the Otaheite drum ; their 
pipe is of cane, consisting of a long and short 
tube joined. Whenever the women are present, 
they make a noise with their mouths like frogs, 
particularly at weddings. The Egyptian dogs are 
of the same species found at Otaheite. Among 
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