. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. lous watchfulness of their trade-routes, and resolutemaintenance of the slave trade, are the chief features of their dealingswith other races. Mecca, with its great mosque, enclosing the Kaaba, or Holy House, containing the meteorite fabled to have been given by God to Abraham, and Medina with the tomb of Mahomet, are the „ , , ^ • n f> 1 • n 1 T^o\y places. objects of mul
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. lous watchfulness of their trade-routes, and resolutemaintenance of the slave trade, are the chief features of their dealingswith other races. Mecca, with its great mosque, enclosing the Kaaba, or Holy House, containing the meteorite fabled to have been given by God to Abraham, and Medina with the tomb of Mahomet, are the „ , , ^ • n f> 1 • n 1 T^o\y places. objects of multitudes of pilgrimages of believers, all others being jealously excluded. Sana, the capital of Yemen, Hail, of the Shammar State, Riad, of the Wahhabee State, Muscat, of Oman, are all considerable towns; but Aden, occupied since 1838 by the English, is far more important commercially and politically. CHAPTER ^tnbutioii of asJiatic l\ares* THE largest portion of Asia is inhabited by people of the Mongoloidrace, as will be seen by the accompanying map, marked to show thelocalities inhabited by the principal races. The Malay Archipelago,inhabited chiefly by Malays, is included for convenience in this vfiO Fcrro 30 to flit dOO ASIA. (Ilic numbers on the Maji indiciCe ths rejjions inhabited by the aiffcreiit races and peoples.) The Arabic numerals signify the following nations or peoples:—1. Ostiaks; 2. Kirghiz; I). Koriaks; 4. Tungusians; 5. Kalmucks; ; 7. Japanese; 8. Georgians; 9. Kurds; 10. Armenians; ; 12. Persians; 13. Hindus; 1-1. Dravidians; 15. Chinese; 606 DISTRIBUTION OF ASIATIC FACES. 507 16. Malays ; 17. Negritos; 18. Arabs ; 19. Turcomans ; 20. Tibetans ;21. Siamese, etc.; 22. Dyaks. Tlie following table shows approximately tlie distribution of racesin Asia:— THE CAUCASIANS, Or fair type of mankind, are largely represented in their principal groups. ARYANS (also TEEMED INDO-EUROPEANS).Hindus :—The predomiuant race in India,
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