. An introduction to geography, ancient modern, and sacred, with an outline of ancient history . 92 DIFFERENT RACES OF 1. Caucasian or European. 2. Mongolian or Asiatic. 3. Etliiopianor African. 4. Indian or Native American. 5. Malay. Adam and Eve were, as the Scriptures inform us, the first parentsof the human race. All the inhabitants of the earth therefore areoriginally of the same race or descent. It is true that the inhabi-tants of some countries differ widely from those of others in colour,features, habits, and general appearance ; but these differences andpeculiarities are tlie ef
. An introduction to geography, ancient modern, and sacred, with an outline of ancient history . 92 DIFFERENT RACES OF 1. Caucasian or European. 2. Mongolian or Asiatic. 3. Etliiopianor African. 4. Indian or Native American. 5. Malay. Adam and Eve were, as the Scriptures inform us, the first parentsof the human race. All the inhabitants of the earth therefore areoriginally of the same race or descent. It is true that the inhabi-tants of some countries differ widely from those of others in colour,features, habits, and general appearance ; but these differences andpeculiarities are tlie effects of climate, diflerent modes of living, edu-cation, and other causes which we cannot enter into here. The colour of the skin, quahly of the hair, form of the features,and shape of the sV:ull, are the traits by which the different races ofmen are usually distinguished. The HUMAN F4MILY is usually divided into five branches orvarieties as in the preceding illustration. 1. The Caucasian race, ivith features like ours, includes Euro-peans, and their descendants, as the Americans, with the Moors ofAfrica, and the peopl
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