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There can scarcely be a doubt, that the first
of these was the primitive character of the
-ancient Egyptians. It was common to them
and the Ethiopians in the first ages and is
ac cordingly found in the most ancient monuments,
and in the oldest descriptions remaining. It
became gradually softened down by the progress of
natural deviation, into the third class, which
was frequent in the latter times of the Egyptian
monarchy, and is found in the majority of the
works of art made during that period. It is a
curious fact, that the deviation had proceeded
still further, and that the Hindu character, had
,made its appearance in the Egyptian race, and
distinguished one class of the people.
To conclude our remarks on the Egyptians,
we may consider the general result of the facts
which we can collect concerning their physical
characters to be this; that the national
configuration prevailing in the most ancient times,
was nearly the Negro form, with woolly hair.
But that in a later age this character had become
considerably modified and changed, and that a
part of the population of Egypt resembled the
modern Hindus. The general complexion was
black, (a) or at least a very dusky hue.
thick and similar to a truncated cone. The crowns also of
the dentes canini are like those of the molares and only
differ from the latter in situation. (Blum. V. N. G. IL)
(a) This was certainly the general colour but it is not to
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