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Show I II I I [I 318 THE CRANIAL CIIARACTF.RISTICS and angularity. Tho dimensions of tho orbits arc moderato; the malar bones small, flat, and rctrcati11g; tho zygomatic pro s es slend r, and the general cxpr ssion of tbo facer sembling that of tl1o Circassians, from which latter it differs in being shorter. Tho Persian head is less angular, tho frontal region broader, tho occipnt fuller, and tho malar bon s larger. Tl10 lower jaw is small and rather round. Tho Aff.O'han skull- that of a boy, aged about sixteen years-resembles, in sovoralrospocts, the IIindoo typo already described. Tho Syro-Arabian or Semitic race, comprising the Arabiaus, Assyrians, Chaldroans, IIobrcws, and cognate tribes, also falls within tho European area. "Tho physical conformation of tho Arabs p:r:opor," says MoRTON, "is not very unlike that of their neighbors, tho Circassians, although, cspociaJJy in tho women, it possess s much loss of tho beautiful. ... Tho Arab face is a somewhat elongated ovaJ, with a delicately-pointed chin, and a high forehead. Their eyes arc largo, dark, and full of vivacity; their eye-brows arc :finely arched; tho nose is narrow and gently aquiline, tho lips thin, and the mouth small and expressive." 231 In another place, he says: "Tho head (of th southern or peninsular Arabs) is, moreover, comparatively small, anu tho forehead rather narrow a11d sensibly receding; to which may often be addeu a meagre and angular· figure/35 long, sl nd r limbs, and largo knocs." 236 Mr. FRAZER thus describes tho physiognomy of tho genuine Ambs. "1'ho countenance was generally long and thin; tho forehead moderately high, with a rounded protuberance ncar its top; tho nose aquiline; tho mouth and chin receding, giving to the line of tho pro.l1lo a circular rather than a straight charactel'; the eye deep sot under tho brow, dark, and bright." 237 According to DE PAaEs, tho Arabs of tho desert between Bassora and Damascus have a larg , ardent, black eye, a long face, features high and regular, and, as tho result of the whole, a physiognomy peculiarly st rn and sevcre."2.'J8 1'ho famous Barou LAmtlJJY ass rts that tho skulls of the Arabians display "a most perfc t dov lopment of an the internal organs, as well as of those which belong to tho senses. . . . . Independently of tho elevation of the vault of tho l'anium, and its almost spherical form, tho surface of tho jaws is of great extent, and lies in a straio-ht or perpendicular line; the orbits, lil ewiso, are wider than they ~re 231 Cl'o.n. Amel'ico.no., p. 18. 23~ "'l'onlosloul's formes soot o.ngnlcuses," so.ys Donon · "leur bo.rbc courtc et i). mlicbes pointucs." Voyage en Egypte, I., p. 92. ' 200 ?!'lin. 1Egyptil\co., p. 47. 28! No.rro.tive of o. Journey iu Kltornso.n. 288 £ravels rouud the World. OF TilE RACES OF MEN. 319 usually seen in tho crania of Europeans, and they arc somewhat 1 ss inclin d backwards; tho alv olar ar hcs arc of moderato size, and th y arc well supplied with very white and r gular teeth; the canines, especially, proj ct but little. Tho Arabs eat liLtl , and seldom of animal food. We arc also convinced that tho bonc,s of the cranium arc thinn r in tho Arab than in other races, and more dense in proportion to their size, which is proved by their greater transpal'Cncy." 239 The reader will obtain some idea of tho Arabian cranial type from tho subjoined :figure, representing several BCdawecs of the Isthmus of Suez (Nos. 766-770, ofthe Mortonian Collection.) Fig. 88. AnADB (B6dawcs of Isthmus). Figs. 39 and 40 represent the profile and facial views of an ancient Assyrian skull, obtained, by Dr. LAYAitD, from an ancient mound, Fig. 80. Fig. 40. ANOmNT AssYRIAN. and now deposited in the B!'i tish Mnsoum. Tho representations hero given are reductions from natuml-siz drawings sent to Dr. No'Il' by Mr. J. B. DAvrs, of Shelton, Stafiordshire, who, in an 2110 Comptc8 Ron<.lus, t. G, p. 774. |