Knowledge of natural history, revfrom Reason why: natural history, giving reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with zoology; and throwing light upon the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the animal kingdom . at and small; For the great God who loveth us, He made and loveth —Coleridge. ioned; largecranium withsmall face, theupper >and ante-rior regions ofthe former par-ticularly ,devel-oped, and thelatter falling per-pendicularly un-der them; faceoval and straight,with featuresdistinct from each other; ex-panded fore-h e a d, narrowand rather aqu
Knowledge of natural history, revfrom Reason why: natural history, giving reasons for hundreds of interesting facts in connection with zoology; and throwing light upon the peculiar habits and instincts of the various orders of the animal kingdom . at and small; For the great God who loveth us, He made and loveth —Coleridge. ioned; largecranium withsmall face, theupper >and ante-rior regions ofthe former par-ticularly ,devel-oped, and thelatter falling per-pendicularly un-der them; faceoval and straight,with featuresdistinct from each other; ex-panded fore-h e a d, narrowand rather aqui-line nose, andsmall mouth;front teeth ofboth jaws per-pendicular ; lips,particularly thelower, gently turned out; chin full, rounded, and this type the moral feelings and intellectual powersare most energetic, being susceptible of the highest develop-ment and culture. It includes all the ancient and modernEuropeans, except the Laplanders and the rest of the Fin-nish race. The sub-divisions, or varieties of this type are—theCircassian, or true Caucasian ; the Syro-Arabian: Hindoo,Celtic, Grecian, Italian, German, Slavonic, etc., and Gyp-sies, originally from the banks of the Indus, from whencethey have wandered over KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of mankind is man.—Pope. 3. Why is the second of these types called the Mon-golian ? From the vast region of Mongolia, over which they aregenerally spread. They are char-acterized by anolive color,whichin many cases isvery light; blackeyes; black,straight, strong,and thin hair;little or nobeard; head ofa square form,with small andlow forehead;broad and flat-ened face, withthe features run-ning together;nose small andflat; cheeks pro-jecting ; eyesplaced very obliquely; slight projection of the chin; withthe ears large and lips thick. The stature, particularly inthe countries within the Arctic circle, is inferior to that ofEuropeans. The sub-divisions
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