Front matter

THE

NATURAL HISTORY

OF

THE VARIETIES OF MAN.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VARIETIES OF MAN.

BY

ROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S.,

LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; ONE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LONDON; CORRESPONDING MEMBER TO THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK, ETC.

LONDON:

JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.D.CCCL.

LONDON: Printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

TO

EDWIN NORRIS, Esq.,

OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, TO WHOSE VALUABLE INFORMATION AND SUGGESTIONS MANY OF THE STATEMENTS AND OPINIONS OF THE PRESENT VOLUME OWE THEIR ORIGIN,

The following Pages are Inscribed,

BY HIS FRIEND, THE AUTHOR.

London, July 25th, 1850.