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(120 EX PLAN A 'l' J 0 N S 0 F T ll E T A 13 LEA U. No. 3.- KORIAK. [" rnb~tbltnnts of l{otr.obue Sound:"- D~ KoTzr.ouR, Voy. of DitcmJtry, N. R. I'auagr,ln Russian 8. "lturlck," 1816-18; trnnal. Lloyd, London, 1821; I, 1'1.1.) Compn.rc DE•;o111~Y (Voyage to the No1·them Ocean and Bw·ing'a , trait, Lon­don, 4to, 1831, I, p. 250 scq., II, pp. 507-70), who, in describing tho Esquimnux, eastern and wostorn, says, •• both people being descended from tho same stock." No, 4.-ALEOUTIAN. (" Uubllnnt de• TloK A16outlonnM :"-Onoms, Voyage Pitlorcsquc autmll' du Nonde (1816-18); Faria, fol., 18~21 l'l. lJ r, om• llvrulson.] Compare "n. man of Kadink" (Pl. VI, in MARTIN SAtmn's Account of a Geog. and Astronom. llxped. to the Northem Parts of llu8sia, by Comm. J'. Dilling~, li85-94 ; London, 4to, 1802.) No. 6. -AINO. (" Nntutel de In cOle scploulrlonalo de .lcsso :"-Da K1lUBEN6TERN1 Voyage autot<r du Jllondc, 1803-6, In tho ltu sshtn S." Nndiejcdtt '""1 Nova" -lrnn sl. Eyrie•, l'nrla, 1821; A Litts 4to, Pl. XV, 1: eol­lu. too with l'l. LXXIX, of tho llusalnn folio original, St. Potoraburg, 1813.J Colored, "tcint brun vcrdU.tro foncc," nccording to DESMOULINS (op. cit., pp. 105, 28G). D1> Kuusl:NSl'~:ttN (H, pp. 80-00, 9!l-9) consitlcrs tho hairiness of these Ai'no8 to have boon oxnggor!llod, nnd s11ys their color i ~ "tei11t br1m fonc~ et pre8que 110i1·." Upon showing our colored hcnd, No.5, to my frioud Lieut. If1tborsham, he tells mo that it docs very well. Alrondy (vide 8!1pra, "Profntory Remarks"), 1 hnvc been enabled, through his kindness and zeal fot· science, to present n wood-cut exhibiting the true chnmctoristics of n ruco so little known ns those A 'iuo8. Hero is Lieut. Hnbcrshnm's dcscl'iplion:- " 'l'ho hniry endowments of those people arc by no means so extensive as some early writers lend ono to suppose. As n goncrn.l rule, they shnvo tho front of the head ~~ la Jnpnneso, and though tho remaining hair is undoubtedly vory thick and coarse, yet it is n.lso very straight, and owes Hs bushy nppc11rnnco to tho simple fact of constant scratching and seldom combing. '!'his romninicg hair they p11rt in tho mi ldlc, and allow to grow within an inch of tho shoulder. Tho prevailing hue is blltck, but it often possesses n brownish oast, nnd those exceptions cnunot bo owing to tho sun, ns it is but rcnsonnble to suppose that thoy suffern like exposure from inftwoy up. Like tho hnil·, their benrd is bushy, and from tho snma causes. It is goncrnlly blnck, but ofton browni sh, and seldom exceeds five or six inches in length. I only saw one case where it roached more th11n hnlf-wny to the waist; and hero tho owner wns rvidcnlly proud of ita grent length, as he had it twisted into innumerable small ringlets, well greased, and kept in something like order. His ltai•·, however, wt\S as bushy ns that of any other. As this individunl was evidently tho most" hniry Kurilo" of tho party, we selected him ns the one most likely to substantiate tho assertion of Droughton in regard to "their bodies b ing almost universnlly covered with long, black hair." He rendily bnrocl his nrms nnd shoulders for in spection, 1md (if I except n. tuft of hair on each shouldor-blndo, of tho Hizo of one's hnnd) wo found llis body to bo no more hn.iry than that of several of out· own men. The cxistonco of tho~e two tufts of hnir cn.used us to oxnmino several others, which examina­tions c~tnblished his !tB an isolntcd case. "Their beard, which grows well up under tho rnther retrenting eye, their bushy brows, and generally wild nppoarnnco nnd ox pression of countonnnce, give them n most snvage look, singulnrly nt vnrinnco with their mild, nlmost cringing, manners. When drinking, they have n hnbit of lifting the hnnging muatncho over tho nose, nnd it was this practice, I suppoRe, which cnused an cnrly writer to say, "their benrdR nro so long as to require lifting up." 'l'hongh nndoubt­edly below tho middle height ns n general rule, I still saw several who would bo EX p LA N .AT I 0 N S 0 F 'l' IT E T AD LEA U. 621 co.llcd quito largo men in nny country; and, though tho nverngo height be not moro thrLn "flvo feet two or four inches," they mnko up tho dill'cronco in nn nbnndnnco of muscle. They nrc n well-formed mco, with the usual powers of ondumncc .~cc~nlcd to snvogos, indicated in their oxpnnsivo chests nntl swollin muscles. lhon· features partake more of U E g Tb . . •o uropcnn cast thun nny olhor. . oy nte gone• nlly rcgulnr, some even noble, while all are devoid of thut expres-s• on o.f tronchcrous cunning whicl1 stunds out in such bold relief r1 . 0 111 the fnccs of tho•~· mnHt ra-tb~ Jnpnno.Ho n.nd Northern Chinese. I cnnnot but ng•·co with L[L I ct ouso ns to th ou· supor•ority over thoso nations. * * * "~·~o .A.Inos nro unplcnsnntly rcmnrknblo as a people in two rospccts _ · . tho p. ramt•vo nnturo of' their costume, and their extreme filth '•ncss of' VIZ . . I d bt ·r A' . · po•·son. ou I . an mu ever wnshcs; hence tho existence of vermin in ovcrythin that portams to them, ns woll as n gron.t variety of cutaneous diseases, for whio~ thoy appear t~ h.nvo fa~ or no remedies. Thoro is nnoth 01• side to tho picture, bowo;cr, u~d ~tIS n bnght ono. Their mornlnnd social qualities, as exhibited both 111 thou· mtorcourso with each other and with strnngors nrc beautiful to behold. * * * • . "I cannot account for D•·ougbton's assertion in regard to tboir being of .. hgh t coppor-oolot·," unless he refonecl to n fow isolated C"sos As 1 1 n • 1 u • mvo pre- VIOUS y romMkod, wo saw. scvcnllllunurcd moo, women, and child ron, and these were n.ll of n dark browmsh-black, with one exception; which oxcoptiou wus a mnlo adult, strongly suspected of being a hn.lf-brood." (Op. cit., pp. 311-14.) No. 6.- BAMOYEDE. (" Oowrilo, l<Anln-Samojedon,:"- DBMmn•NoonP, Dle &mqjr.den "' Bt.Pdcrlburg, l'I.XlV. (VIde Bulletm dt Ia &>c. EthnoWqiqut de I'ari1, 18471 1, pp.260, 206-7,300-7. and & l'elcr•'···r·A ., •t 1847, Nos. 77, 78.] ' · vu ~ a• u11g, . Colored from Prince Domidolf's collection in tho Galerie Anthropologique, Jar-din doa Pl11ntcs, Paris, 1855. . Compn~·o D~1SMOUI.JNS1 op. cit., pp. 201-6 :-LATHAM, Native Race,1 of the Ru•­llan Empire, London, 181)4., pp. 112-21:- MAx-MliLLlm, Languagts of tlte Stat of War, London, 1855; 2d cd., pp. 118-28. II. ASIATIC REALM. (Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.) "Asia Polyglottn" (Kr.Al'ltOTIT, Sprach Atlas, Paris, fol., 1823; nnd Atlas of l•is Tableau~ historique8 de t'Asie, Paris, fol., 1826;- with thoir perspicuous tnups of Asia at different periods, for all sourcos-)" seems likely to become "Asia Polygencn," whonovcr anthropo­logy sh11ll possess, about her muHiform humnn occupn.nts, oithot· tho ncournto data now ~cquirod for oluoidr1ting tho Egyptian8,tho Arabs, tho Ilebrews, tho Berbers, and tho CM1me, -or tho precise lmowlodgo gained in her inforior dopnrtments of zoology. Almost every­thing known about A 8iatic ethnography is contained within tho present nnd our former work, tnking in view tho roforoncos accompanying any statement in hotb. REFERENCES AND EXPLANATIONS. No. 7.-KAMTSOHADALE. (l'RIODARD, Niltura! Ifill. of Afall , r..ondon, 1865; od. NorriA; I. p. 224, Pl. lx.-from OIIORI~.J On those I hnvo nothing to ndd to Dr. Moig~'s remn.rkH in Chapter III.