"  18.  Thus  the  Atrak  Turks,  more  especially  the
Osmanlis  differ  from  the  other  Toorkees  by  their
lofty  stature,  European  features,  abundant  beards,
and  fair  complexions,  derived  from  their  original
extraction,  being  Caucasian  of  Yuchi  race,  as  from
an  early  intermixture  with  it  and  with  the  numer-
ous captives  they  were  incorporating  for  ages  from
Kashmere,  Affghanistan,  Persia,  Syria,  Natalia,
Armenia,  Greece,  and  Eastern  Europe.  Both  these
conjectures  may  be  true,  because  the  Caucasian
stock  wherever  we  find  it  continues  to  rise  into
power,  from  whatever  source  it  may  be  drawn.  326.
"  19.  There  cannot  be,  however,  a  doubt  that  in
the  Mulatto  state  or  half  breed  Caucasian  that  pecu-
liar structure  of  the  skin  must  be  in  part  remaining,
since  in  the  character  of  the  hair  we  find  it  in  pro-
portion of  the  bearded  parentage,  the  frizzled  and
mop  like  passes  into  spiral  curls,  then  undulates,
and  at  last  is  wholly  straight ;  while  descending  the
scale  the  mop  becomes  crisp  and  returns  to  that  low
state  of  humanity  which,  in  the  warm  regions  of  the
east  was  branded  with  the  reproach  of  being
accursed.     333.
"20.  The  styles  of  sculpture,  architecture,  and
excavation  of  Egypt,  notwithstanding  the  remote


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period  of  their  origin,  have  more  affinity  to  the  Bao-
trian  Hindoo  than  to  any  other  colossal  ponderous
detail,  such  as  a  compound  of  what  remains  at  Nin-
eveh, and  the  earliest  cavern  temples  would  produce
shining  traces  of  the  natural  development  of  art
when  working  upon  the  same  kind  of  materials  with
similar  means.
