Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 479
gs, from whose work we borrow it, thecranial type of the Society Islands. It may be seen that,except in the greater projection of the jaws and teeth, it differs 472 NATIONAL TYPES. little from the Caucasian form. The intellectual and moraldevelopments are both excellent. The Tahitians are… … Fk. 596.—A Tahitian. muscular parts are everywhere covered with a thick cellulartissue, which softens the contour of their projecting lines.Their physiognomy has generally a mild, and gentle, and frankexpression. The head of the Tahitian would be European,were it not for the spreading out of the…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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