I f these observations are compared with thettpr^heding, de-*
scriptiongiven from Blumetibach of the Lapp’Onic^kull,* ™d
that great physiologist was correct in - referring thedatter to;
the Mongolian type, w^ shall admit that a*great diversity app
e a rs to have taken place* in these two'branches of one* national
stock/f jj| Neither tribe appears*, however, to di'ave^ on&
uniform chtcracter. The Laplander approximates occasionally,*
as we have-seen, to the true , Turkish - physibgrtomy,1bi| rather
J&> the handsome form of the Osrnanli/for this is*the meaning
of the traveller whose description has" been cited aboVfe**
‘ It is impossible to account for ithese* diversities by referëncj^
to the hypothesis, so often adopted* in parallel case's^ of inter-’
mixturewith foreign nations.1 The Finnshave^dOtScquirediheir
xanthous complexion, or the form of their features, frdrri ‘11®
Swedes or any other Teutonic nation. For the mass
fion in the interior provinces of Finnland has always remainea?
^distinct in race, phre and unmixed; and the Esthonians area-tape'
of miserable serfs, who have never stpodTn any other relaiionfto
their Slavonian lords, from whom they differ in a striking-manner.
Neither have the Lappes derived the shape of their features and'
jof their skulls from any Mongolian and Tartar race. Their
graphical situation renders any such intenmvtme impo^ible.
In the account given of the Finns by a late writer whoniM
have already cited, many traits are described illustrative;of their
corporeal and mental peculiarities/ I shall extract* scfmfev par-*
ticulars from this account, since the ethftography of the Tschu-
dish nations,so nehrly connected and yet so diverse, is mote than
usually interestmgin relation to the phy sical history of mankind.
With regard to the physical formation and character of the
Finns, says M. Riihs, great varieties^ are'to be found in different
provinces. On the sea-coast, where many Swedes have
settled, the original race is already much degenerated. The Finlanders
are of ‘ a dusky complexion, have a serious gloomy
* The opposite plate contains a copy of Blumenbach’s^figure of a Lapp on
sknil, and two figures of an Esthopiah, taken from' the Dissertation of Huéck.
< f As this is a point of great interest in national craniology, I have given in a
plate a copy of Blumenbach’s Lapponic skull, and the figures .by Dr. Hdgck of a
well-characterised Esthonian skull. It will he seen that they differ^considerably in
their leading characters. The zygbiM of*he Laplander is characteristically Turanian
or Mongolian; that of the Esthpnian is nearer to the Indö-AÜantic type.
p s i^ i |4 n d h a r s h J | ;M’w utteranoe^strong limbs, and
u firmfgaS.’ <^Thèir^liM| iftyfeëfe'l'ömetimes red, or white,
W i l » « th e ihah'by his word,
a» ól^Fml^nllIh thaL’Ç|ll¥ufbthenationalJ character,
tb'efÇ^trÿ^wBèr^it; has heen
NyheWrvùdvm e .'Finlanders
b e |b n ie ? ^ ^® i|^ i i i v T ' i n l a h d è r & ’,db^noÉ
w.illiè|fy Kblè,
cÆ v ÿ 'em ■ ■ n B H H H I V o ^c^m e mCquai îited waïM-herb.-.â Wïhetf
thcvAiV aüd‘; i^ ^ # ^ ^ 'T H ê y ^ v e no
curiosity for novelties ; and ii is* èSrâterâ&y 11
the Finl'àBd^péâèant m a f e lr ly p é lltio p ijn his m o d em :
In mg bh ot‘agncillCutc - T h e ^ & ï& iM É ^
in the nörtheri/parfë âlVe ^c&rk'-fihcatîdufcihg'the
hn ^ih n? #% Ï w ân f# fe rèfl^ f in a MnêbfaÆti^
Is'nöt u nc©m^tf)h,%ven »to be
.’^served imisilvl-rl Ve^Jl's^öf ctni^iflUi'âBfe'^^épen ^pèfi-tVe
head of the Aîsttftéifhis. T h e ^W e b works
f&ta-s sunrise to-’sh®â'e'P'Ml'î&^tent w k l^ ^ ^ ty fàîrëf^andgfrj oyfk1
scarcely Tou&ir fiVe'iîôu^ of M M Thé’F in la n d ^ are inot
d tleient in mpbhâhibdr&^ill; Which is^bvipeed in the manu-
' fâcftmê of* their varibnshmpiemen##*'ThÜh'Wood*»*tè^gëîsj
which arertevKri^bihtik^ö^ -all m'àdlÿby the
peasants^ .QuaVrels^ithtsV'ëfÿrii^M' ïi'oléme ^re' g ld om
to h e h e a rd of" in the inland parts.-?' ?TheTE>hkbifs*iai^&till tO ly
Stabij? pure-1: p j y # Éimate tó
legitimate children wa^ ^ (* M H^ ent5r‘:tr ^ in theJ4öwns’
particularly in Abh, m a f t e n '' a ^ ^ % ejght or „
The northern Fmlan fes a c b ||^ o f îâ*certaire?d<yeW
cufmihg, which* t h e ^ à ^ a i d tof practrsevparticularly in; their
jtmrneysinTawastiland, w h ^ ^ ; t r - a d e .p rin c ip a lly salmon
and* skins, bartering t h ^ f e linen, heps, and similar .articles.
Their c r a f tin à ||s \% ïè tormidafig|win'g. to the-strength'and
holdf/ess which a;<çômpanyiit. The inhabitants of the north
are mueh'iearëd .by those of thesouth, particularly -since the
former are-looked uporFas- greatvsorcerers ; and they do not