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Nevertheless, these men, if seen alive, would undoubtedly appear very distinct, so that we are clearly much influenced in our judgment by the mere colour of the skin and hair, by slight differences in the features, and by expression. A vast number of measurements of Whites, Blacks, and Indians, are given in the 'Investigations in the Military and Anthropolog.
Some have even maintained that race-differences cannot be detected in the infantile skull. Schaaffhausen, 'Anthropolog. The eyes of the negro are at first blue, and the hair chestnut-brown rather than black, being curled only at the ends. The children of the Australians immediately after birth are yellowish-brown, and become dark at a later age.
The same holds with the Malays of Sumatra, the Hottentots, certain Negroes, and the natives of Brazil. On the Huns, Godron, 'De l'Espece, tom. ii. 1859, p. 300. On the Tahitians, Waitz, 'Anthropology, Eng. translat. vol. i. p. 305. Marsden, quoted by Prichard, 'Phys. Hist. of Mankind, 3rd edit. vol. v. p. 67. This fact was ascertained in the 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog. Theil. Dr.
The Tahitians when first visited had advanced in many respects beyond the inhabitants of most of the other Polynesian islands. Dr. F. Muller has made some good remarks to this effect in the 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog.
Jelínek, "Materialen zur Vorgeschichte mid Volkskunde Böhmens," Mittheilungen der anthropolog. Gesellschaft in Wien xxi. p. 13 note. Mrs. Above, pp. 190 sq. Above, pp. 178, 205, 206. See The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, i. 311 sqq.
Von Nathusius, who has had very wide experience, is strongly of the same opinion. 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog. Theil, 1867, ss. 216-269. The results were calculated by Dr. Weisbach from measurements made by Drs. K. Scherzer and Schwarz. Mr. 'Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. xvi.
In one island alone of the Ellice group "the men are heavily bearded, and not a little proud thereof." Dr. Barnard Davis quotes Mr. Prichard and others for these facts in regard to the Polynesians, in 'Anthropolog. We thus see how widely the different races of man differ in their taste for the beautiful.
All the secondary sexual characters of man are highly variable, even within the limits of the same race; and they differ much in the several races. These two rules hold good generally throughout the animal kingdom. The results were deduced by Dr. Weisbach from the measurements made by Drs. K. Scherzer and Schwarz, see 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog.
Statistics of American Soldiers, by B.A. Gould, 1869, pp. 298-358; 'On the capacity of the lungs, p. 471. See also the numerous and valuable tables, by Dr. Weisbach, from the observations of Dr. Scherzer and Dr. Schwarz, in the 'Reise der Novara: Anthropolog. See, for instance, Mr. The races differ also in constitution, in acclimatisation and in liability to certain diseases.
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