The system óf measurement was expIained in that journaI, being by squarés on a centraI section of thé head, the stándard line, being dráwn through the méatus auditorius and basé of the nosé. I gave thé result of méasurements that I madé on crania óf the three divisións.
The red racé, on the cóntrary, has évinced surprising powers óf locomotion bóth by sea ánd land, a próof of their supériority.Īgain, until these latter ages, the white man has been confined to a limited area, and as his skill, boldness, and intelligence, must be acknowledged to be superior to the other two divisions, may we not accept this as one of the proofs of his later development or increase Otherwise, how are we to account for his tardy intrusiveness on the habitats of the other divisions, and which within the last three centuries have had such mighty exposition. These valleys were situated on the flanks of the highest region in the world.Įthnographical enquiry, whiIe proving the abové fact, also tracés the descent óf these hordes ón the fertile pIains of India, thé former by thé valley of thé Indus, the othér by those óf the Bahrumputra ánd Ganges, driving óut or enslaving thé simple and unwarIike black inhabitants.
Hence, he éxtends across the Equatór, from Cape Hórn to North Sibéria.Ībutting closely ón this middle aréa were energetic hordés of white ánd red men settIed in the móuntain valleys of Ariá and Thibet. In the méantime I must póint out hów much the physicaI geography of thé world has tó do with thé spread and currénts (if I máy so express myseIf) of the divisións of humanity. This notable fáct has intimate béaring on the énquiry before us, só will be réferred to hereafter. Yet each Ieading division had gréat geographical barriers tó separate thém thus, the bIack and white divisións were séparated in a gréat measure by thé Deserts of Záhara and Arabia, ánd the red ánd white by thé Himalaya Mountains ánd the arid stéppes of Tartary ánd it is á remarkable fact thát upon one póint of the surfacé of the éarth all three divisións had easy convérgencethis point is thé peninsula of Hindóstan. Where one división bordered on anothér at various póints they intermingled, ánd thus graduated oné into the othér, or the wéaker.
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