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Hindoos, Negroes, Europeans, and native Indians or aboriginals of America.

13. Lapland race. The extreme northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America, are inhabited by the Samoids, Lapps, Greenlanders, Esquimaux, and other tribes of men quite different from the rest of the human race. They have small bodies, many of them four feet high or little more, a broad visage, a short, flat nose, eyes of a yellowish brown or dark color, the eyelids drawn towards the temples, the cheek-bones high, the mouth very large, with thick lips, the head large, the hair black and straight, the skin of a dark grayish color, the voice thin and squeaking.

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LAPLANDER TRAVELING IN A SLED.

14. Tartars. The Tartars inhabit the northern and central parts of Asia. They are of a middle size, strong and robust. The upper part of the face is broad, and wrinkled, even in youth; the nose is short and flat; the eyes small and deep in the head, and sometimes separated by a distance of four inches; the cheek-bones are very high; the lower part of the face narrow; the chin long and projecting: the teeth of an enormous size, and

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separated; the eyebrows thick and large; the face flat; the hair black, and the complexion of an olive color. They have little beard, and short legs. Of this variety the Calmucs are the most ugly.

15. Hindoos. The Hindoo variety comprehends the inhabitants of the southern parts of Asia, and of the isles south of Asia. Their bodies are slender, the hair straight and black; the nose aquiline. In the northern parts of India, the color of the skin is olive, but in the southern parts quite black. They come to maturity at an earlier age than the natives of cooler climates. The female Hindoos are wrinkled at thirty years of age. These people are cowardly and effeminate.

16. Negroes. The inhabitants of the interior of Africa are black, with a smooth soft skin; the hair is short and woolly; the eyes of a deep hazle; the nose flat and short; the lips thick and tumid; and the teeth of an ivory whiteness. The body of the negroes is generally well formed and of full size, but the legs are often bent outwards, and the heel projects farther than that of Europeans.

17. Europeans. The most distinguished variety of men comprehends most of the inhabitants of Europe, the Georgians and Circassians in Asia, and the Turks; together with the descendants of Europeans in America. In the middle region of Europe and Asia, the inhabitants are of a clear white complexion; along the shores of the Mediterranean, their color has a shade of olive. This race of men are characterized by the size and symmetry of the body, the strength of the limbs, the vigor of the understanding, and by their improvements in science and the arts.

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18. Natives of America. The sixth variety of the auman race comprehends all the natives or aboriginals of America, except the Esquimaux. These are probably descendants from the Asiatics, as they greatly resemble the present inhabitants of the northern Chinese. Their bodies are straight, well made, and of a good size their skin of a copper color; their hair straight and black; their beards thin; their noses flat; their cheekbones high, and their eyes small.

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1. Who created the world and mankind? What was the name of mankind and the first man?

2. How was the first woman made, and what was her name? 3. What was the first employment of man?

4. What was the age of the first generations of men?

5. How were the inhabitants of the earth destroyed, and why? Who were preserved from destruction ?-how and why? 6. How many sons had Noah? Which was the eldest? and what sign was given that men should not be again destroyed?

7. How, when, and why were men dispersed ?

8. How was the earth divided?

9, 10. Who were the descendants of Japheth? What countries did they settle?

11. Who were the first inhabitants of Britain?

12. What are the principal varieties of the human race? 13. Describe the Lapland race.

14. Describe the Tartars.

15. Describe the Hindoos.

16. Describe the negroes of Africa.

17. Describe the Europeans.

18. Describe the aboriginals of America.

CHAPTER II.

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TEUTONIC AND GOTHIC NATIONS.

19. State of Ancient Germany. For three thousand years after the dispersion of men, the inhabitants of the north of Europe continued in a rude uncivilized state. They are described by Roman authors as men of enormous stature, tall and somewhat fleshy, and of a fair complexion, with blue eyes, and a fierce countenance, which struck terror into their enemies. They were robust, being inured to cold and hardships, with little clothing in winter, and scarcely any in summer. To harden their bodies, they were accustomed to plunge into cold water, every morning, as soon as they rose from sleep. In battle, their first onset was impetuous and almost irresistible, but their strength and ardor were soon exhausted.

GERMANS.

20. Food. The rude inhabitants of Europe subsisted at first on the fruits of forest trees, particularly acorns, and on the flesh of wild beasts, fish, and fowls. As

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