New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE AMERICAN RACE 387 of the skin is tawny, sometimes approaching to that of ma-hogany. In character, the typical Malayan is active, enter-prising, subtle, excitable,crafty, unprincipled, cruel,and sensual. He is atonce, it has been aptly said,the tiger and the serpentof the IV. THE AMERICAN KACE. All the native Americannations and tribes exceptFig. 487.—Malay Skull. the Esquimaux are included in this class. One of the most distinctive traits of
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . THE AMERICAN RACE 387 of the skin is tawny, sometimes approaching to that of ma-hogany. In character, the typical Malayan is active, enter-prising, subtle, excitable,crafty, unprincipled, cruel,and sensual. He is atonce, it has been aptly said,the tiger and the serpentof the IV. THE AMERICAN KACE. All the native Americannations and tribes exceptFig. 487.—Malay Skull. the Esquimaux are included in this class. One of the most distinctive traits of the aborig-inal American cranium is roundness. This quality is verymanifest inevery aspect,but especiallyso in the ver-tical and theback views, asshown in and verticalor coronalview in ourdrawing,which is fromMortonsCrania Ame-icana, showsless round-ness, how-ever, than thespecimens ino u r cabinetnow before
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