New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . F-^. 589. F;;r. C9\ Fig TOl. bears consideiable resemblance, in general outline, to thatof the negro, but differs materially in some respects from allother crania. Our portraits show a good deal of energy of The Races of Man THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS, 469 character and a fair share of intellectual ability. Benevolence,Veneration, Ideality, Mirthfulness, and Constructiveness aremore fully developed than is common among uncivilized peo-ple ; and there are p
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . F-^. 589. F;;r. C9\ Fig TOl. bears consideiable resemblance, in general outline, to thatof the negro, but differs materially in some respects from allother crania. Our portraits show a good deal of energy of The Races of Man THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS, 469 character and a fair share of intellectual ability. Benevolence,Veneration, Ideality, Mirthfulness, and Constructiveness aremore fully developed than is common among uncivilized peo-ple ; and there are physiognomical signs of strong passions,and especially great voluptuousness. We regret that we haveno crania from which to determine more accurately the originand status of this singular and interesting people. THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS. According to Blumenhach, the natives of the SandwichIslands belong to the Malayan race; and in Dr. Prichards. Fig. 592.—A S«rDwicn Island Man. classification they form the Polynesian branch of the Malayo-Polynesian race. Desmoulins and Pickering also class tlicniwith tlie ?Jalayans. The shape of their crania hardly justifiesthese opinions, as figs. 593 and 594 will show. Both of these, 470 NATIONAL TYPES. like all other specimens we have seen figured, diifcr widelyfrom the Malayan type. Compare them, and especially fig.
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