New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . >???? .(/#??? riij. HT-k—A Kamtsciiatkan. call themselves Itehnan^ and are described as a people ofshort stature, swarthy complexion, black hair, little beard,broad flxces, short flat noses, small sunken eyes, small eye-brows, protuberant bellies, and small legs. They are proba-bly a mixed race in which the Mongolian blood prednminates. THE SxVMOIEDES 459 THE SAMOIEDES. Of all the tribes of Siberia, Latham says, the Samoie-des are nearest to the Esq
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . >???? .(/#??? riij. HT-k—A Kamtsciiatkan. call themselves Itehnan^ and are described as a people ofshort stature, swarthy complexion, black hair, little beard,broad flxces, short flat noses, small sunken eyes, small eye-brows, protuberant bellies, and small legs. They are proba-bly a mixed race in which the Mongolian blood prednminates. THE SxVMOIEDES 459 THE SAMOIEDES. Of all the tribes of Siberia, Latham says, the Samoie-des are nearest to the Esquimaux or Greenlanders in theirphysical appearance. This testimony is confirmed by theform of the skull, a specimen of Avhich is figured in Blumen-. Fii?. 57.). —A Samoiede. bachs Decades (fig. 576). Pallas describes the Samoi^desof the Obi, who may be considered as a fair specimen of theirrace, as follows: lis ont le visage pl-^t, rond, et large : ce qui rend les jeunesllmmes tres agreables. lis ont de larges levres retroussees, Icnez large et ouvert, peu de barbe, et les cheveux noirs et rudet^.La plupart sont plutot petits que de taille mediocre, mais bieuproportionnes, plus trapus, et ])lus gros que les Ostiaks. lis sonten ravanche plus sauvages et plus remuans que ce peuple.* They have large, round, Hat faces, which render the young women 4:60 NATIONAL TYPES
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