Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . attributes inquisitiveness to others, and this keeps hissecretiveness in a constant state of excitement; and it is withgreat reluctance that he opens the gates of the celestial em-pire to earth-born foreigners. The two faculties just spoken of give the hog and the Chi-nese a mining and delving disposition the very opposite ofthat which is implied in the appellation of the latter. Theyare for ever busy in obtaining the necessaries of life, exceptwhen supplied by others, and then they show extraordinaryfaculties of rest and slee
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . attributes inquisitiveness to others, and this keeps hissecretiveness in a constant state of excitement; and it is withgreat reluctance that he opens the gates of the celestial em-pire to earth-born foreigners. The two faculties just spoken of give the hog and the Chi-nese a mining and delving disposition the very opposite ofthat which is implied in the appellation of the latter. Theyare for ever busy in obtaining the necessaries of life, exceptwhen supplied by others, and then they show extraordinaryfaculties of rest and sleep, as well as laziness. Earth is theirmother, and they claim the indulgence of her lap and herfruitful rows of corn more than others of her children. Theyare wonderfully crowd-ed together, and rolland tumble over eachother in the strugglefor a subsistence; forthough their mother isplanted on every hill-side and valley, thereare not rows enough forthem all. The Chinaman has indeed many of the character-istics of the infant, and the infant is a little pig. It would. 172 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. be easy to illustrate this, but we pass on to the signs of theChinese and the hog loving the earth so well. One is, thatthey are both dirty. Says a work on China: The great sinof the Chinese costume is the paucity of white linen, and con-sequently of washing. Even their body-garment is sometimesa species of light silk, but capable of putrefaction. All therest of their dress being of silks or furs, there is less demandfor white calico or linen, in proportion to the numbers, thanin any other country. They spread neither sheets upon theirbeds nor cloths on their tables, and the want of personalcleanliness has, of course, a tendency to promote cutaneousand leprous complaints. It should be observed, however,that scorbutic affections are natural to the hog, and it maybe that in this respect the Chinese resemble him, though wecan hardly suppose that his rolling himself in the dirt wouldtend to pr
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