tens. All these nations wilLbe described under tb e ^ lle c tiv e
term of Paral ian races; .
The Paralian groupe of nations includes the Yenisean
Ostiaks, the Yukagiri, the Koriaks and Tchatikthhs, the
Namollos, the Kamtschatkaus, and the Aino or; Kuri-
lians*
5. The high regions o f Central Asia are divided between
three great pastoral races, the Turkish, the Mongolian, and
the Tungusian. With the exception of some few scattered
tribes, they are all nations of roving and warlike nomades;
One of these races has overturned the khalifat, and th e
eastern empire; a second, under Tschinghis aridhis foilo wers *
were thé greatest conquerors recorded in the-history of
mankind ; the third still holds under its sway China and the
half of Eastern Asia.
There are some grounds for believing. th.at. these th re t
races of people sprang originally from one stock, and that
the Jottins are allied to them by arrsncient and1: atSfiibtê
affinity. We shall examine the arguments which occur upon
these questions.
6. The native races of the Caucasus, consisting of. seve-
ral apparently distinct nations, subdivided into numerous
tribes.-
- 7. The Tibetans and the Chinese, together with sthe Koreans
and the Japanese, form a remarkable, groupe of nations.
Although not referrible by proofs to one race, they best? a great
mutual resemblance, and their history will be comprisèd in
thé same chapter.j§
: 8. Tlie Indo-Chinese nations, Or the native tribes of the
Indo-Chinese peninsula, or India beyond the Ganges. Most
of these nations bear a considerable .resemblance to the
Chinese in physical characters, and, like them, speak languages
of the-elass termed monosyllabic.
9. The aboriginal races of the Dekhan and of Ceylon, who
diffgr from the Hindoos of Indo-European origin, in language
and physical characters.
The Malayans and other races of the Malayan peninsula
might be reckoned as another family of Asiatic nations, but
as th^gtfelt body: of thi s people is fou-htkin the islands of the
IndiaWCcean-^from wlf^fi it appears »that colonies were
formOd’On the Malay,aa^oast pi shall reserve the ethnography
of this peninsula to^be' taked/hp!o,in connexion .with that of
the ^Australian adcf Polynesian ^ u n trie ^ f with which it is
mufemoileScohnected tha^, with the history of nations on
the’ AsiaticCeohtinent.