. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. idences of age, and makes thecountenance of a young man of twenty looknearly as old as that of his grandfather agedsixty. The hair is plentiful, and mostly straight,being twisted and curled by art into thevarious fashionable forms. In some cases itis light, or even reddish, in color; and insuch instances accompanies a com
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. idences of age, and makes thecountenance of a young man of twenty looknearly as old as that of his grandfather agedsixty. The hair is plentiful, and mostly straight,being twisted and curled by art into thevarious fashionable forms. In some cases itis light, or even reddish, in color; and insuch instances accompanies a complexion ofpeculiar fairness. Albinism exists amongthe New Zealanders, but is not agreeablein appearance, the eyes being always weak,and the skin looking as if it had been artifi-cially whitened. In fact, such an albinolooks among his dark fellows like a plantthat has been bleached by growing in thedark. There seems to be two castes of menamong the New Zealanders. The uppercaste is distinguished by the above char-acteristics; but the lower is shorter in stat-ure, and has coarse and curly, though notwoolly hair, more prominent cheekbones,and a much blacker skin. This second race,according to Dr. Dieffenbach, is mixed ininsensible gradations with the former, and is (792). NEW ZEALANDER FROM CHILDHOOD TO AGE.(See page 795.) (794^ CONTKAST BETWEEN THE SEXES. 795 far less numerous; it does not predominatein any one part of the island, nor does itoccupy any particular station in a tribe; andthere is no difference made between the tworaces among themselves. But I must observe that I never metany man of consequence belonging to thistribe, and that, although freemen, they occu-pied the lower grades: from this we may,perhaps, infer the relation in which theystood to the earliest immigrants into thecountry, although their traditions and leg-ends are silent on the subject. From the existence of two races in NewZealand the conclusion might be drawn thatthe darker were the original proprietor
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