®ii % ^rimai'g §i{jistoiis anb ieograpljicat 
gistriktion of Paiikinb. 
By JAMES DALLAS, F.L.S., E. R. Hist. Soc., 
Cu7'ator of the Bristol Museum. 
[Abstract.] 
rS'^HE author stated that the views which he brought forward 
X originated in an attempt to appreciate the divisions and 
distribution of man suggested by Professor Huxley. He proposed 
to divide the various races of mankind into three primary 
groups, for wdiich the following names were suggested : — 
Leucochroic Group, of which the white European might 
be regarded as typical ; 
Mesochrojc Group, represented, amongst others, by the 
Mongolian races ; 
Melanochroic Group, of which the Negroes and Negritos 
might be regarded as typical. 
With reference to the last group the author pointed out 
certain facts tending to prove the former presence of negro-like 
races in north-eastern Africa, and in Arabia, and referred the 
Dekkan tribes to a similar origin. He then called attention to 
the points of agreement between the Papuans, the Negritos, and 
the Australians and the African Negroes, and concluded that these 
and their allies formed branches of one great family. He 
