pier  abodes  of  their  more  civilized  brethren.  The
Scythians,  who,  at  so  remote  a  period  made  irrup-
tions into  Upper  Asia ;  the  Parthians,  who  there  de-
stroyed the  Greek  and  Roman  domination;  the
Turks,  who  there  subverted  that  of  the  Arabs,  and
subjugated  in  Europe  the  unfortunate  remnant  of
the  Grecian  people,  all  swarmed  from  this  prolific
branch.  The  Finlanders  and  Hungarians  are  tribes
of  the  same  division,  which  have  strayed  among  the
Sclavonic  and  Teutonic  nations.  Their  original
country,  to  the  north  and  northeast  of  the  Caspian
Sea  still  contains  inhabitants  who  have  the  same
origin,  and  speak  similar  languages,  but  mingled
with  other  petty  nations,  variously  descended,  and
of  different  languages.  The  Tartars  remained  un-
mixed longer  than  the  others  in  the  country  inclu-
ded between  the  mouth  of  the  Danube  to  beyond
the  Irtische,  from  which  they  so  long  menaced  Rus-
sia, and  where  they  have  finally  been  subjugated  by
her.  The  Mongoles,  however,  have  mingled  their
blood  with  that  of  those  they  conquered,  many
traces  of  which  may  still  be  found  among  the  in-
habitants of  lesser  Tartary.
**  It  is  to  the  east  of  this  Tartar  branch  of  the
Caucasian  races  that  the  Mongolian  race  begins,
whence  it  extends  to  the  eastern  ocean.  Its  branches,
the  Calmucs,  &c.,  still  wandering  shepherds,  are
constantly  traversing  the  desert.  Thrice  did  their
ancestors,  under  Attila,  Genghis,  and  Tamerlane,
spread  far  the  terror  of  their  name.  The  Chinese
are  the  earliest  and  most  civilized  branch,  not  only
of  this  race,  to  which  they  belong,  but  of  all  the


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nations  upon  earth.  A  third  branch,  the  Mant-
chares,  recently  conquered,  and  still  govern  China.
