Human physiology (Volume 2) . -Chinese, and thePolar. » See vol. I, p. 295. *> See abstract of a memoir by Dr. B. H. Coates, on the effects of secluded andgloomy imprisonment on individuals of the African variety of mankind in the produc-tion of disease, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, , p. 143,Philad. 1843. c Op citat. p. 7. <i The Alfores or Horaforas are considered aboriginal to many islands of the IndianArchipelago. They are most numerous in New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Magin-dano : in Celebes, they are said to be sometimes as fair as the Malays, and the s
Human physiology (Volume 2) . -Chinese, and thePolar. » See vol. I, p. 295. *> See abstract of a memoir by Dr. B. H. Coates, on the effects of secluded andgloomy imprisonment on individuals of the African variety of mankind in the produc-tion of disease, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, , p. 143,Philad. 1843. c Op citat. p. 7. <i The Alfores or Horaforas are considered aboriginal to many islands of the IndianArchipelago. They are most numerous in New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Magin-dano : in Celebes, they are said to be sometimes as fair as the Malays, and the savageDyaks of Borneo appear to belong to the same family. Dr. Morton thinks it not im-probable, as suggested by Dr. Prichard, that the Alfores are but a branch of the Aus-tralian stock.— Crania Americana, p. 95. VARIETIES OF MANKIND. 595 d. American Race. — The American race, red man of Gmelin,or more properly broiun man, differs greatly in stature, colour, andphysiognomy in various parts of the continent; but his medium. American Variety. height corresponds with that of the European. His colour is .froma cinnamon-brown to a deep copper. The hair is almost alwaysblack, straight and stiff. The features are large and stronglymarked, except the eyes, which are commonly deep-seated, or sunkin lar^e sockets. The forehead is generally low, somewhat com-pressed at the sides, and slightly retreating. Facial angle about80° Nose generally considerably raised from the face, sometimesarched; cheek bones high, and widely separated; angle of thejaw broad, and chin square. The accompanying head is that otOngpatonga, (Bi? Elk,) chief of the Omawhaw Indians. Dr Morton divides the American race into two families : —theAmerican and the Toltecan ; the latter embracing the civilizednations of Mexico, Peru, and Bogota.* e Malay Race. —The Malay or Australian race, the Tawnyman of Gmelin, is admitted by many naturalists owing to thedifficulty of referring it either to the Caucasian Indian^0
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