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THE AINU, OR HAIRY KURILES. 
IS'atural History of ]\[an,” has, upon the authority of 
various writers, tlic following pRgo in regard to the 
subject; — 
‘ The best account of the Ainos that we have yet 
received is to be found in the narrative of Von Krusen- 
stern’s voyage. 
“ Some particulars respecting them were given by La 
Perouse and Broughton. The former of these writem 
says that ‘ the Ainos are rather below the middle stature, 
beinsr at most five feet two or four inches high. They 
have a thick, bushy beard, black, rough hair, hanging 
straight down ; and, excepting in the beard, they have the 
appearance of the Kanitschadales, only their countenance 
is much more regular. The women are ugly enough : 
their colour, which is dark, their coal-black hair combed 
over their faces, blue-painted lipS) and tattooed hands, 
allow them no pretensions to beauty. 
“La Perouse says 'they are a very superior race to the 
Chinese, Japanese, and Mantschoos, and their counte- 
nances are more regular, and more similar to those of 
Europeans The inhabitants of the Bay of Crillou 
were particularly beautiful and of regular features. The 
same writer adds, that ^ their skin is as dark as that of 
the Algerines.’ Broughton says Hhey are of a light 
cQppei’-colour j’ but Von Krusenstern declares that they 
arc nearly black. 
“But the most remarkable circumstance in the physical 
character of the Ainos is, that, though the eastern Asiatics 
are in general very deficient in hair and almost beardless, 
they are the most hairy race of people in the world. 
‘Their beards,’ says La Perouse, ‘hang upon their breasts, 
