New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . aid to be diA ided into numeious tribes, who reach almostfrom tlie Dwina and the neighborhood of Archangel, Avheresome hordes of Samoiedes were found by Le Bruyn, to theLena, in Eastern Siberia. Their name is said to mean sal-mon-eaters. It occurs in the Russian chronicles as early as109G ; and they are mentioned by Jean du Plan de Carpin inthe account of his journey to the court of the Great Khan, inthe beginning of the thirteenth century. The Samoied
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . aid to be diA ided into numeious tribes, who reach almostfrom tlie Dwina and the neighborhood of Archangel, Avheresome hordes of Samoiedes were found by Le Bruyn, to theLena, in Eastern Siberia. Their name is said to mean sal-mon-eaters. It occurs in the Russian chronicles as early as109G ; and they are mentioned by Jean du Plan de Carpin inthe account of his journey to the court of the Great Khan, inthe beginning of the thirteenth century. The Samoiedes wereat that time among the subjects of the Mongolian emperor Fig 5 6.—Samoiede Skull. THE CALMUCK. Of the Calmucks, Pallas says: They are generally of a mod- They erate height. We find them small rather than large. very agreeable ; large rolling lips ; large noses, with wide nostrils ; littlebeard ; and coarse black Tiair. They are generally below the medium instature, but well proportioned, and more stout and fleshy than the are, on the other hand, more wild and roving [in their habits] thanthat people. THE CALMUCK 461. are well made. I do not rcmemhor to have seen a deformed person among them. Tliey entirdy abandon their children to nature; hence they are all healthy, and have their bodien well proportioned. They are generally slender and delicate in their limbs and lignre. I never saw a single man among them w^ho was very fat. The characteristic traits in all the countenances of the Calmucks are, eyes of which the great anrlc, j^laced obliquely and doAvn- ward toward the nose, is but little open, and fleshy ; eyebrows black, scanty, and forming a low arch ; a Fig. Calmuck. particular conformation of the nose, which is generally short, and flattened toward the forehead ; the bones of the cheek large; the head and face very round. They have also the transparent cornea of the eye very brown; lips thick and fleshy; the chin short; the teeth very white: t
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