New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . 458 NATIONAL TYPES. bodies, wearing large ear-rings, their independent and swag-^gering way of walking, their dress and superstitions ideas,are also evident proofs; nor is it less than probable that theEsquimaux and other tribes of Arctic Americans may havedescended from them, for several words of their languages arealike, and their dress is perfectly similar. THE KAMTSCHATIVANS. The Kamtschatkans, or Kamtschadales, are a people longwell knovrn to the
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . 458 NATIONAL TYPES. bodies, wearing large ear-rings, their independent and swag-^gering way of walking, their dress and superstitions ideas,are also evident proofs; nor is it less than probable that theEsquimaux and other tribes of Arctic Americans may havedescended from them, for several words of their languages arealike, and their dress is perfectly similar. THE KAMTSCHATIVANS. The Kamtschatkans, or Kamtschadales, are a people longwell knovrn to the navigators of the northern Pacific They. >???? .(/#??? riij. HT-k—A Kamtsciiatkan. call themselves Itehnan^ and are described as a people ofshort stature, swarthy complexion, black hair, little beard,broad flxces, short flat noses, small sunken eyes, small eye-brows, protuberant bellies, and small legs. They are proba-bly a mixed race in which the Mongolian blood prednminates. THE SxVMOIEDES 459 THE SAMOIEDES. Of all the tribes of Siberia, Latham says, the Samoie-des are nearest to the Esquimaux or Greenlanders in theirphysical appearance. This testimony is confirmed by theform of the skull, a specimen of Avhich is figured in Blumen-
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