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RM2AFR3MF–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. e head covering is a red fez,round which those who can aftbrdit wind a turban. The peasantwomen wear a still shorter gown of similar material, with cotton drawersor trousers, and a head-veil. The food of the peasantry consists of millet or maize bread, milkand cheese, small salt fish, cucumbers and gourds, onions, lentils, beansand other pulse, and dates. They seldom taste fl
RM2AFNAX8–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ture. They either summonedtheir spirits or tornaks and askedcounsel of them, or started on aspirit flight themselves. The art of torninek, says Rink, ordinarilyhad to be performed before a company of auditors in a house, this beingmade completely dark, while the angakok was tied with the hands behindhis back, and his head between his legs, and thus placed on the floorbeside a
RM2AFTE9N–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ficed to bring about.Changes of population have been com-paratively rapid in Siberia. Many remainson the borders of the lakes show that abusy population occupied the country inthe neolithic or polished stone period ; andit appears probable that successive popu-lations, worsted in the strife for dominance,were driven constantly northward; and more than one race of the pastmay
RM2AFWF2K–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. f over fifty millions,whose political attitude is a most important factor in our Eastern dominion ;for by their religious faith they naturally feel hostility to Christianityand its professors, while the attitude of the latter has been for the mostpart equally hostile, not admitting the good features in the Moslem fiiith.It is not sufficiently remembered, moreover, that the ad
RM2AFT3EW–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. being worn, theresult being rather ludicrousto our eyes. Much cannot be ex-pected of women whoseoxAj career is in the harem,and in whom sensuality iscultivated. They are ig-norant, and pass their timein frivolity and smoking,gossip and quarrelling. Thev/omen of the lower classesare hard-working and caremuch for their children. Marriage is an elaboratebusiness; and men of weal
RM2AG172X–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. nish—EastAnglians—The Midlanders—The Welsh—Giraldus de Barry on the Welsh character—TheYorkshire character—The Northumbrians—Lowland Scotland—The tall Galloway people—The Highlands and Islands—Character of the Gaelic-speaking people—The Highlanderphysically—Other Celtic types—Scandinavian types—The Islanders—The Irish people-General characteristics of British—Seriousness and
RM2AFKJ0T–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ANIA. free mannered tlian among tlie middle classes at home. Both sexes areAustralian permitted too much independence even of their school teachers,society. Q;x^ early act for themselves ; and being secure of mariiagewhen they like, there is a general tendency to make the most of earlygirlhood. Those native born have good looks, plump figures, but inferiorcomplexions ; the
RM2AG02NY–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ruined, theDutch havingmade a greatstand there. It isscarcely twenty-five years sinceAntwerp took afresh start; butthe city has sincegrown with enor-mous rapidity,and is now thefirst port inEurope, as wellas one of thestrongest for-tresses. The archi-tectural featuresof Belgium are most interesting, not only because of the great Gothic cathedrals ofBrussels, Antwerp, Ghent, M
RM2AG1DM2–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. us evergreen and thornyshrubs. Fallow-deer, scorpions, and mosquitoes may be mentionedamong the animals not found in Central Europe. The Asiatic tropical flora extends over a vast range of country, and includes among grains rice, which is the most abundant; among nervine stimulants and sedatives, tea, coffee, tobacco, opium, and areca; Asiatic plants among other useful plants
RM2AFJC1W–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , Gum-tree, is due to the gummysap they contain. One kindwhen tapped exudes a sweetsubstance known as Austra-lian manna. They are ofvery rapid growth, and havebeen introduced into manyparts of Europe, both onhills and in marshy swamps.Some of the smaller speciesform a dense scrub like bushy osiers, growing as close as reeds. TheBanksias (9) belong to the same Proteaceous orde
RM2AFPBFR–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ries, and such game as they can catch in pit-falls.They are yellowish-brown in complexion, and have low retreating fore-heads, high cheek-bones, and short tufted hair. Their legs are shortrelatively to the body, which is rarely more than four feet seven in height.They rarely have any clothing, and their huts are full of vermin, andhave an intolerable stench. Their little comn
RM2AFPPF6–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. Albinos. MONBUTTU WOMAN. THE NIAM-NIAM. 591 Usually the Niani-Niam dress only in skins, fastened to a girdleround the loins. The mens hair is arranged in a great variety otfashions, while the womens is scarcely dressed at all. In one Mode of hair-style, the men have the hair drawn out into a series of rays, <iressing.and stretched tightly over a hoop of considerable size,
![Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . iting remained asan ornamental pattern. It may well have been through suchintermediate stages that the earliest potters came to see thatthey could shape the clay alone and burn it hard. Thisshaping was doubtless at first done by hand, as in Americaor Africa the native women may still be seen building up XI.] ARTS OF LIFE. 275 large and shapely jars or kettles from the bottom, mouldingon the clay bit by bit. So in Europe, as any museum of an-tiquities shows, the funeral urns and other earthen vesselsof the stone and bronze age Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ53BH/anthropology-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-man-and-civilization-iting-remained-asan-ornamental-pattern-it-may-well-have-been-through-suchintermediate-stages-that-the-earliest-potters-came-to-see-thatthey-could-shape-the-clay-alone-and-burn-it-hard-thisshaping-was-doubtless-at-first-done-by-hand-as-in-americaor-africa-the-native-women-may-still-be-seen-building-up-xi-arts-of-life-275-large-and-shapely-jars-or-kettles-from-the-bottom-mouldingon-the-clay-bit-by-bit-so-in-europe-as-any-museum-of-an-tiquities-shows-the-funeral-urns-and-other-earthen-vesselsof-the-stone-and-bronze-age-2AJ53BH.jpg "Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . iting remained asan ornamental pattern. It may well have been through suchintermediate stages that the earliest potters came to see thatthey could shape the clay alone and burn it hard. Thisshaping was doubtless at first done by hand, as in Americaor Africa the native women may still be seen building up XI.] ARTS OF LIFE. 275 large and shapely jars or kettles from the bottom, mouldingon the clay bit by bit. So in Europe, as any museum of an-tiquities shows, the funeral urns and other earthen vesselsof the stone and bronze age Stock Photo")
RM2AJ53BH–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . iting remained asan ornamental pattern. It may well have been through suchintermediate stages that the earliest potters came to see thatthey could shape the clay alone and burn it hard. Thisshaping was doubtless at first done by hand, as in Americaor Africa the native women may still be seen building up XI.] ARTS OF LIFE. 275 large and shapely jars or kettles from the bottom, mouldingon the clay bit by bit. So in Europe, as any museum of an-tiquities shows, the funeral urns and other earthen vesselsof the stone and bronze age
RM2AG13C9–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. WELSHMAN I CYMKIC TYJPE. WELSHMAN : IBEEIAN (? MONGOLOID) TIPE. become frequent in some parts of Wilts and Dorset. The Devonians aremostly dark-haired, with blue or grey eyes. They are medium inheight and strongly made, their heads being of good size. The mild-ness of the chmate may in part be accountable for the marked beautyof the women, who have a pecuhar dehcacy and softn
RM2AN5YT9–Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . Bessemer From a photograph Pasteur From a photograph Chief Characters of the Sixth Epoch 1073 fittingly appointed first civil governor of theCanal Zone, in 1914. Generally, the gifts of science—the splendidand abounding gifts of the present age and therecent past—are taken in that way, with scantyrecognition of the givers, beyond some smallcircle in a professional class. Hundreds oflaborious investigators, for example, have con-tributed to that present-day knowledge of malig-nant living organisms in nature,—germs of
RM2AN5KJC–Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . Moltke From a photograph John BrightFrom .1 photograph Chief Characters of the Sixth Epoch 1099 must surely admit to it the great-hearted, golden-tongued apostle of peace and righteousness, JohnBright. Thiers, who did notable work in thefounding of the third republic of France on the Bright,ruins of the second empire, cannot with justice 1811-1889be left out; nor can Deak, the master-spirit of the Ferenczmovement that restored Hungary to a footing of De^k»distinct nationality, in the Austro-Hungarianempire; nor yet
RM2AFP39G–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ^ round tlie neck, in addition to several pounds of brass wire for arm and^^^^^^*°^^. leg ornaments. The warriors and young men wore their hair in fourseparate plaits, two of which overhung the forehead. Two lines arevery generally tattooed on the forehead. The Babwende, still lower I 664 THE INHABITANTS OF AFRICA. down, have a curious habit. While visiting Stanley with gifts
RM2AG027P–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. BELGIAN LACE-WEAVER.. Lucerne. Neueiihurg. Aarau, Sc)iwytz. SWISS PEASANT WOMEN. Wadtland, CHAPTEE XII. Lake dwellers of Switzerland—Early arts and agriculture—The Helvetii—Roman conquest-Teuton invasion—The Franks —Walled cities—The House of Hapsburg--The Swiss Confeder-ation—Battle of Sempach—Swiss mercenary soldiers—Independence of Switzerland—TheReformation and Calvin—Hel
RM2AFJECM–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 26. DUCKBILL. 27. BLACK SWAN. 28. LAUGHING JACKAfS. fU !ii!iJ .,a/C-^. .r^ :X-, 3/oj^ ^i-^f,;^.;,.^-^^^- /. ^^: ;^1 29. WOMBAT. The lowest group of mammals, to which the Duck-billed Platypus(26) and the Hedgehog-like Echidna (23) belong, is remarkable for its AUSTRALASIAN ANIMALS. 937 reptile-like characters, including that of laying eggs. The Echidna,which is insectivorous,
RM2AFR442–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. T)lv distinct religions—the Mahometans and the CopticThe fellahs. . Christians. The Mahometans constitute seven-eighths of the population; and i^^ is astonishing how considerably they resemble theancient Egyptians, in spite of the repeated introduction of Arabs andSemites of other types. And, following the best opinion, we must regardthe mass of the Egyptians as representing
RM2AN5EER–Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . Longfellow From portrait by Kramer Dickens From a photograph.
RM2AFTHJH–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. JAPANESE SfNOINa QIBL. accounts for the frequent firesin Japanese towns. Fur-niture is of the simplest,mats and quilts being theprincipal items. How easyit is to set up housekeep-ing, where chairs, tables,sofas, and bedsteads arenot wanted ! A few matsand quilts, a box of clothes,a pan to cook rice, a fewcups and trays, a bath tub,—there 3ou have a house-hold almost equipped.
RM2AG0Y13–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rinks resem-bhng it; and som-e of the poorer sort wander about with their senses quiteblunted by continued intoxication. THE TEUTONS. But while Christianity was redeeming the Gauls, more powerful invading enemies were attacking them, and in the end subjugated or drove back the old inhabitants. The invaders were „^ „ rr n • ... The Saxons Teutons of various divisions. The Sax
RM2AG0Y67–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. The Norman invasion and its resultsâGreatness of the NormansâFeudalism and theCrusadesâReligious persecutions and warsâForeign warsâModem revolutionsâSelf-government and independence. IN France, as in England, an old race lived in tlieriver-valleys, and has left its implements in thegravel at Abbeville, Amiens, and near Toulouse. (i The cave men likewise followed them â^ .II
RM2AG0C95–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. of St. John, -^ith Turks and with Moorish pirates, held it successfully till Napoleon landed in 1798, after which period an heroic defence was sustained by the Maltese till 1800, when the English took possession. The Maltese are strong and well-formed, the men being dark andhandsome; the women black-eyed, with fine hair : the people generallyThe modem ^1© sober, cheerful, abs
RM2AFMXM0–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ECUAUOK FAKII-HOUSE. 79° THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA. Lima. Of the nearly three miUion inhabitants of Peru, about 57 per cent,are Indians, and 23 per cent, are mixed ; nearly 20 per cent, are pureSpanish Creoles. Lima, the capital, magnificently placed,seven miles inland from Callao, its port, has about one hundredthousand inhabitants. It is squarely laid out, and has somewhat
RM2AFNDWF–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ften of150,000 cubic feetof timber, boundtogether into onegreat raft, with itsshanties, its blaz-ing fires, securelykindled on anearthen hearth,and its bannersstreaming in galafashion as it ghdesalong. Much skillis required inpiloting these rafts down the great rivers. At every considerable rapid,the raft has to be broken up into its component parts, and again madeup on reach
RM2AFK6PH–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ls, also kangaroos.Food and hzards, and large insects. Cultivation of their favourite vege-dweumgs. tables is largely practised. Scarcely anywhere is a fermentedliquor made. Their dwellings are very frequently extensive bamboobuildings raised upon posts, sometimes seventy to a hundred feet long,and thatched with palm leaves or rushes, and occupied sometimes )jtwenty families
RM2AFTH1Y–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. I JAPANESE LADY OF KANK. 398 THE INHABITANTS OF ASIA.. JAPANESE LADY. A very great number of Buddhist shrines andtemples exist, vastly more ornate and wealthythan those of the Sliinto, containing images ofextraordinary variety for adoration, supportingtill lately a numerous priesthood, who took careto attract the people in every possible way, byspectacles, games, lotteries, a
RM2AFXWBR–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. le them, or to show them kindness; and to a large extpnt they remain to-day the same wandering race they have always been, possessing a strange power of insight into character, and continually able to charm silver out of the hands of the Europeans in exchange for fortunes, for chair-mending, or for doubtful bargains in horses. THE GIPSIES. 215 As to the origin of the gipsies,
![Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . had been a still earlier period of the stone age,when yet ruder tribes of men lived in our parts of the world,when the climate and the face of the country were strangelydifferent from the present state of things. On the slopes ofriver valleys such as that of the Ouse, in England, and theSomme, in France, 50 or 100 feet above the present river-banks, and thus altogether out of the reach of any floodnow, there are beds of so-called drift gravel. Out of thesebeds have been dug numerous rude implements of flint, I] MAN, ANCIENT A Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AKNX4K/anthropology-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-man-and-civilization-had-been-a-still-earlier-period-of-the-stone-agewhen-yet-ruder-tribes-of-men-lived-in-our-parts-of-the-worldwhen-the-climate-and-the-face-of-the-country-were-strangelydifferent-from-the-present-state-of-things-on-the-slopes-ofriver-valleys-such-as-that-of-the-ouse-in-england-and-thesomme-in-france-50-or-100-feet-above-the-present-river-banks-and-thus-altogether-out-of-the-reach-of-any-floodnow-there-are-beds-of-so-called-drift-gravel-out-of-thesebeds-have-been-dug-numerous-rude-implements-of-flint-i-man-ancient-a-2AKNX4K.jpg "Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . had been a still earlier period of the stone age,when yet ruder tribes of men lived in our parts of the world,when the climate and the face of the country were strangelydifferent from the present state of things. On the slopes ofriver valleys such as that of the Ouse, in England, and theSomme, in France, 50 or 100 feet above the present river-banks, and thus altogether out of the reach of any floodnow, there are beds of so-called drift gravel. Out of thesebeds have been dug numerous rude implements of flint, I] MAN, ANCIENT A Stock Photo")
RM2AKNX4K–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . had been a still earlier period of the stone age,when yet ruder tribes of men lived in our parts of the world,when the climate and the face of the country were strangelydifferent from the present state of things. On the slopes ofriver valleys such as that of the Ouse, in England, and theSomme, in France, 50 or 100 feet above the present river-banks, and thus altogether out of the reach of any floodnow, there are beds of so-called drift gravel. Out of thesebeds have been dug numerous rude implements of flint, I] MAN, ANCIENT A
RM2AG18PM–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ab-sorbed attention,and gambling didnot tarry long be-hind. Minstrelswere yet morefavoured than inearly Englishtimes, and a greater variety of instruments, including rude organs, wereplayed. Many of the minstrels were wanderers, others were inthe pay of the king or of great lords. It is related that severalhundred ministrels took part in the wedding festivities of Margaret,da
RM2AFNDG4–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rsity with several colleges, andimportant manufactures, testify to the strength of this rising place ; butthere are features in the social life which make many settlers regret theirold homes. The Hudsons Bay Company still have a large interest in the North-West, though they resigned their old monopoly and exclusivejurisdiction in 1869, in return for £300,000, and one-twentiet
RM2AFWRW1–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. rds have noDravidian affinities, and appear to be predominantly Hindu. THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDERS. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, situated in the Bay of Bengal,and included in our Indian Em-pire, may be fitly described here,although the population is notdirectly related to any of theIndian peoples, as far as can beascertained. The Bengal govern-ment established a con
RM2AFY7BC–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. SERVIANS. 186 THE SERVIANS, BULGARIANS, AND ROUMANIANS. 187 of its Tliracian, Macedonian, Albanian, and Greek possessions. BntSerA^a was destined soon to fall to pieces before the advanc-Q.,..ing power of tlie Tnrks. At various times the Turks ravaged of servia.Servia with special severity ; and a vast number of the inha- Turkishbitants emigrated to Hungary and to other Slav
RM2AFXFH3–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ALS. while the Owls have it reversible, and can turn it backwards and forwardsat pleasure. The Owls, too, have a very short thick neck and great head ;but their beak shows them to be true birds of prey, as mice and ratscould testify. The common Bain Owl is one of the best friends to theagriculturist, and should never be destroyed. When it is feeding itsyoung, it will bring a
RM2AFRWKT–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. t Aryan families; and we shallnot detail the many theories started about them. It is certain that theyare far inferior in looks to the Circassians. Their language is Arj-an in THE CAUCASIANS: GEORGIANS, LESGIIIAlYS, ETC. 469 type, but they call themselves Iron, which recalls the Iranian group.Unlike the other mountain tribes near them, the Ossetians use beds,tables, and chair
RM2AFNWHF–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. e Soudan :—Much mixed with Arabs and Hamites 18,000,000Mahometan Negroes op the Soudan :— Darfur. Sokoto. Gando . Haussas Bornu . Baghirmi Wadai .Northern Tropical Negroes (Non-Mahometan)Southern Tropical Negroes :—Chiefly BantuSouthern Bantu:— Kaffirs Zulus ..... Bechuanas . . Damaras, etc.Hottentots :—South Africa; much lighter in complexion thai > 35,000,000 35,000,0003
RM2AJARYW–Harper's new monthly magazine . lue Bohemian mountains, and, tothe west, on all the dark summits of the Fich-telgebirge. The villages shone white and redin the sun; the meadow-ponds were sapphiresset in emerald, and the dark-purple tint of theforests mottled the general golden-green lustreof the landscape. A quarter of an hour furtheris the Haberstein, a wonderful up-building ofrock, forming a double tower, from eighty to ahundred feet high. On returning to Wunsiedel I did not neglectto visit Jean Pauls birth-place—a plain, sub-stantial house, adjoining the church. Here thestreet forms a small
RM2AKN5ME–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . fractions are coming more and more into use forscientific work all over the world. The use of scales andweights, and of wet and dry measures, had already begunamong the civilized nations in the earliest known times.Our modern standards can even to some extent be tracedback to those of the old world, as for instance the poundand ounce, gallon and pint, come from the ancient Romanweights and measures. From measuring feet in length, men would soon come toreckoning the contents, say of an oblong floor, in square feet.But to calcu
RM2AFM9RT–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. Plains (23) is a handsome bird, allied to the Capercailzie, building its neston the ground. There are numerous American Partridges and Quails.The Fulmar Petrel (1) is the most conspicuous North American Petrel, being . , much larger than the Stormy Petrel, or Mother Careys Chicken. Their great powers of flight are well known, and are due to their long pointed wings. The Razor
RM2AFM9N6–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. , building its neston the ground. There are numerous American Partridges and Quails.The Fulmar Petrel (1) is the most conspicuous North American Petrel, being . , much larger than the Stormy Petrel, or Mother Careys Chicken. Their great powers of flight are well known, and are due to their long pointed wings. The Razorbill (6) represents the very different group of the Divers
![Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ5K28/anthropology-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-man-and-civilization-fig-8patagonian-and-bushmaa-measure-round-the-chest-depends-a-good-deal-on-his-way-oflife-as-do-also-the-lengths-of-arm-and-leg-which-are-noteven-the-same-in-soldiers-and-sailors-but-there-are-certaindistinctions-which-are-inherited-and-mark-differentraces-thus-there-are-long-limbed-and-short-limbed-tribes-of-iii-races-of-mankind-59-mankind-the-african-necrro-is-remarkable-for-icnp-th-ofarm-and-leg-the-aymara-indian-of-peru-for-shortness-sup-posing-an-ordinary-englishman-to-be-altered-to-the-buildof-a-negro-he-2AJ5K28.jpg "Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he Stock Photo")
RM2AJ5K28–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he
RM2AFWAEY–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. vances in thisdirection have been made. Railways and irrigation works have greatlydiminished the risks of famine, which, however, are still very consider-able ; but the population increases faster than the means of irrigation orof distribution of food supplies. India, we have shown, is a most interesting field of study, a perfectstorehouse of novelty, the result of a panorami
RM2AFK60J–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. e people, as wellas a regular slave trade. Marriage is a matter of contract, the price of a girl being often paidin slaves ; polygamy is practised by those who can afford it, except amongthe Dorah tribes. Among these the bride and bridegroom arejoined with some ceremony, fol-lowed by a nights carouse, in which thenewly married are silent spectators. Amongthe Wukas of the moun
![Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJ5PBR/anthropology-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-man-and-civilization-fig-8patagonian-and-bushmaa-measure-round-the-chest-depends-a-good-deal-on-his-way-oflife-as-do-also-the-lengths-of-arm-and-leg-which-are-noteven-the-same-in-soldiers-and-sailors-but-there-are-certaindistinctions-which-are-inherited-and-mark-differentraces-thus-there-are-long-limbed-and-short-limbed-tribes-of-iii-races-of-mankind-59-mankind-the-african-necrro-is-remarkable-for-icnp-th-ofarm-and-leg-the-aymara-indian-of-peru-for-shortness-sup-posing-an-ordinary-englishman-to-be-altered-to-the-buildof-a-negro-he-2AJ5PBR.jpg "Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he Stock Photo")
RM2AJ5PBR–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . FiG. 8.—Patagonian and Bushmaa measure round the chest depends a good deal on his way oflife, as do also the lengths of arm and leg, which are noteven the same in soldiers and sailors. But there are certaindistinctions which are inherited, and mark differentraces. Thus there are long-limbed and short-limbed tribes of III.] RACES OF MANKIND. 59 mankind. The African necrro is remarkable for Icnp-th ofarm and leg, the Aymara Indian of Peru for shortness. Sup-posing an ordinary Englishman to be altered to the buildof a negro, he
RM2AFNYXX–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. SAKALAVA CHIEFS, MADAGASCAR. CHAPTEE X. Early inliabitants—European invaders—Radama I.—Ranavalona I.—Rev. W. Ellis—Radama II.—Rasoherina—Ranavalona II.—The Frencli treaty—Tlie Sakalavas—Primitive mode of burial—Religion—The Eastern coast tribes—The Sihanaka—A Bara warrior—The Hovas—Character—The Betsileo—Treatment of old and young—Houses—Handicrafts—Grades of rank—Laws—Religi
RM2AG14C2–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. The art of retmng grace-fully may some time be learnt by the Englishman; we cannot yetcredit him with great perfection therein. But whether or not wethoroughly practise it, we profess that we hold sway only for the bene firof the subject—a noble aim, to the realisation of which it is to be hope Jwe may more and more approximate. Richly endowed by nature with mineral wealth, E
![Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . Fig. 44.—Georgians. that smaller darker Kelts like the modern Welsh andBretons existed then as well. As a help in clearing up thisproblem, which so affects our own ancestry, Huxley suggeststhat the fair-whites were the original-stock, and that thesecrossing with the brown races of the far south may have III.] RACES OF MANKIND. Ill given rise to the various kinds of dark-whites. Howeverthis may be, such mixture of the white and brown racesseems indeed to have largely formed the population ofcountries Avhere they meet. The Moor Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AKNC8K/anthropology-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-man-and-civilization-fig-44georgians-that-smaller-darker-kelts-like-the-modern-welsh-andbretons-existed-then-as-well-as-a-help-in-clearing-up-thisproblem-which-so-affects-our-own-ancestry-huxley-suggeststhat-the-fair-whites-were-the-original-stock-and-that-thesecrossing-with-the-brown-races-of-the-far-south-may-have-iii-races-of-mankind-ill-given-rise-to-the-various-kinds-of-dark-whites-howeverthis-may-be-such-mixture-of-the-white-and-brown-racesseems-indeed-to-have-largely-formed-the-population-ofcountries-avhere-they-meet-the-moor-2AKNC8K.jpg "Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . Fig. 44.—Georgians. that smaller darker Kelts like the modern Welsh andBretons existed then as well. As a help in clearing up thisproblem, which so affects our own ancestry, Huxley suggeststhat the fair-whites were the original-stock, and that thesecrossing with the brown races of the far south may have III.] RACES OF MANKIND. Ill given rise to the various kinds of dark-whites. Howeverthis may be, such mixture of the white and brown racesseems indeed to have largely formed the population ofcountries Avhere they meet. The Moor Stock Photo")
RM2AKNC8K–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . Fig. 44.—Georgians. that smaller darker Kelts like the modern Welsh andBretons existed then as well. As a help in clearing up thisproblem, which so affects our own ancestry, Huxley suggeststhat the fair-whites were the original-stock, and that thesecrossing with the brown races of the far south may have III.] RACES OF MANKIND. Ill given rise to the various kinds of dark-whites. Howeverthis may be, such mixture of the white and brown racesseems indeed to have largely formed the population ofcountries Avhere they meet. The Moor
RM2AFMXYR–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. the manufacture of re-ligious paintings at so much perfoot, and the preparation of driedbird-skins, especially humming-birds. The cocoa of Ecuador is otexcellent quality, only second to that of Caracas, and itAgriculture. . , i,- , i IS largely cultivated. In many of the higher valleyswheat, barley, maize, clover, andbeans are grown, instead of the tropical plants of the lowl
RM2AN5APH–Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . John Marshall Garibaldi From a photograph.
RM2AKNRM1–Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization . O X. « s II.J MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS. 47 the outer coating is formed of the grey matter, contain-ing the brain-corpuscles or cells from which the fibres issue,and which are centres through which the combinations aremade which we are conscious of as thoughts. As thecoating of grey matter follows the foldings of the braindown into the fissures, it is evident that the increasedcomplexity of the convolutions, combined with greateractual size of brain, furnishes man with a vastly moreextensive and intricate thinking-apparatus than
RM2AFRMH1–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. h THE TURKS, ARMENIANS, KURDS, ETC. 483 Western, and especially American, Christians have taken in the ArmenianChurch, one of the most ancient now existing; but it is also attributableto the keen intellect of the Armenians, which, if associated with a morehonest national character, may yet have a great future. The Armenian Church is almost identical in doctrine with the Greek
RM2AFR8DH–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 15. EICE-PAPEE PLANT. 16. AILANTHUS. 17. PAPER SIULBERKY-TKEE, 18. GUMLAC-TREE. Tlie greater part of Southern Asia has a flora very much in commonwith the Malay Islands. Rice, Maize, Wheat, Millet, among Cereals;Jute, Indigo, the Poppy, the Sugar-cane and Cocoa-nut, among otheruseful plants, are characteristic and important; while Teak, Ebony, variousPines and Indiarubbers, a
RM2AFYJFW–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. than any that survives.It is stated that entire Sanscrit phrasesare understood by the peasants on thebanks of the Niemen ; but then litera-ture has never risen to any eminence.The race formerly exhibited tluee maindivisions—Lithuanians, Letts, and Bo-russians, from whom the Prussiansderive their name. They are remark-able for their long persist- .^ence in paganism, not having
RM2AJ9TJA–Harper's new monthly magazine . THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, As represented on the sign-board of a little inn atCupar-Fife. 282 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. irHilhHI. From .North Carolina a correspondent sends usthe following. We give it as it comes, leaving thereader to make any application of the story: Colonel H is a jovial character about the capital of the old North State, fond of a joke, a gooddrink, and something of a bully. There was so-journing within the gates of the city a little Yankeewho bowed not his head to the mighty Colonel. Hishaughty spirit much chafed thereat, and he sworewith
RM2AFR7GA–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 28. CAMPHOR-LAUREL. 29. CAMPHOK-TEEE. 30. EAFFLESIA. 31. SAGO-TEEE. leaf-stalks are cooked and eaten as fruit, is a native of the highsteppes of Central Asia, The Tchin-seng, or Ginseng (4), is looked uponwitL superstitious respect by the Chinese, as a plant of raremedicinalvntues, and they like to carry a piece of the root about with them as akind of talisman. AVhen the root
RM2AFT732–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. KALMUCK SHAMANESS.. aURCOMAN WOMEN IN TEM.432 THE INHABITANTS OF TURKESTAN. 433 were a dark purple silk one, wliicli we can only describe as a sliirt reach-ing: nearly to the ankles, and close-fittina; troiisers drawn , tr> J 7 o ^ ^ Jewellery tightly round the ankles. On her head was a bright crimson andsilk handkerchief arranged turban-like, and one end falling onher lef
RM2AFJ95E–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. to write upon with ametal style. Brooms, brushes, and the teeth ofcombs are made from the woody fibres of the leaf.The valuable food furnished by the albumen and milkof the nut, the excellent vessels made from theshell, and the rope and cloth manufactured from theexternal fibre, by no means exhaust the uses of thisvaluable tree. The Bread-fruit tree (the species withincised l
RM2AFN59P–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ir chief. SittingBull, was able to main-tain a successful resist-ance against all thetroops that could bebrought against him,and he finally escapedinto the Canadian Do-minion with all his fol-lowers. The Crows area branch of the Dakotasin Southern Montana, anoted tribe of maraud-ers and horse-stealers,who cannot be said to bereally subject, thoughthey avoid open warwith the w
RM2AFKC5A–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS. {^Pvom a photograph lent by Dr. Beddoe, F.B.S.) industrious, cleanly, and anxious to learn; the men made roads, and learnedgames, the women became good seamstresses and made good progress.But whether we contemplate the Australians who survive or the Tas-manians who are extinct, we are impressed by the kinship of mankindto animals, the slowness of t
RM2AFTBY5–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ;aiiuvkije Woman. THE INHABITANTS OF SIBERIA. 417. the age of stone and bone weapons, hunt-ing and eating beasts of prey, and cloth-ing themselves in skins. Smallpox andspirits, introduced by the Russians, arefast lessening their numbers. Many goodqualities are attributed to them by sometravellers, especially honesty, courage, in-dependence, and hospitality. Some ofthem who c
RM2AFTK4E–. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. remarkable that jewellery is not worn by Japanese women. Elaborate and good costume is not, however, to be found everj-wherein Japan ; and Miss Bird in particular found many localities where theRough men commonly wear scarcely anything, and the women onlycountrydress.p^^^ (3j^ a short, tight petticoat, or wretched tight blue cottontrousers, with a loose vest of the same mater