. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. VARIETIES OF MANKIND. 1351 any other race, the primitive condition of human speech. In their mode of life, they present the phenomenon of a civilization which has attained a considerable degree of develop- ment, remaining stationary through a very long period of time, and isolating itself as jea- lously as possible from the general current of progress. In passing from China towards India, there is a gradual transition in physical and mental characters, between the Chinese and the Hindoo ; thus the Burmese have more hair
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. VARIETIES OF MANKIND. 1351 any other race, the primitive condition of human speech. In their mode of life, they present the phenomenon of a civilization which has attained a considerable degree of develop- ment, remaining stationary through a very long period of time, and isolating itself as jea- lously as possible from the general current of progress. In passing from China towards India, there is a gradual transition in physical and mental characters, between the Chinese and the Hindoo ; thus the Burmese have more hair and beard, more prominent features, and darker complexions, than the Siamese and Chinese; and the darkness in complexion in- creases towards the confines of Bengal. There is, therefore, no such abrupt transition, as shall make it difficult to admit the Seriform origin of the bulk of the Hindoo population, if fur- ther investigation of their language should render this connection as probable as it has already been shown to be in the case of the in- habitants of the Dekhan and Ceylon.—2. The Turanian stock, including the proper Mongo- lians of High Asia, the Tungusians, the Turks, and the Ugrians. Among these, the con- formity in physical characters is extremely close, the only exception being in the case of the offsets which have migrated into Europe, and which have undergone transformation (as explained at p. 1327.) into the Caucasian type (). The languages of these people are not monosyllabic, but have not undergone any high development; and they are spoken with very little variation over extensive areas. The general character of the country inhabited by this group is remarkably uniform, being a series of high table-lands or steppes, well adapted for maintaining a nomadic pastoral population. Such is the general habit of these people, and such it has been from our earliest knowledge of them. The Tungusians, how- ever, advance to the Polar Sea, and adopt a manne
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