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of [words crossed out] some of the peculiarities of
all others, of the Malays the Mogols, the
Negroes ^the Caffers whilst to none of them they show a
close resemblance [word crossed out] As regards the general features there is a considerable
variety even among them. Their hair
is mostly strait, though some incline to the wooley hair
of the Africans; their color very dark, though in
many individual instances inclining to a lighter
shade either of copper or olive. Their faces
are less oval than that of the Negro, often rather
long, their forheads not very low, their eyes
deeply sunk, their noses rather flat the cheek-
bone somewhat high, their mouths remarkably
large jawbones often awkwardly projecting. But there is
a considerable proportion of finer speci-
mens seen with more regular features &
symetry of formation. Many men & some women too, are
well built, attaining to a good hight and
if not handsome are certainly not so ugly
as nearly all the specimens we now behold. On the whole,
however, we must admit them to be a coarse
& degenerate race, to which their miserable
way of living, sometimes scarcity of food and
very inferior sort of food may have added
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