The Descent of Man

charms and use love-philters to gain the affections
of the men; and Mr. Brown enumerates
four plants used for this purpose by the women
of North-Western America. (55. On the vegetable
productions used by the North-Western
American Indians, see 'Pharmaceutical Journal,'
vol. x.)
Hearne (56. 'A Journey from Prince of Wales
Fort,' 8vo. ed. 1796, p. 89.), an excellent observer,
who lived many years with the American
Indians, says, in speaking of the women, "Ask a
Northern Indian what is beauty, and he will
answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high
cheek-bones, three or four broad black lines
across each cheek, a low forehead, a large
broad chin, a clumsy hook nose, a tawny hide,
and breasts hanging down to the belt." Pallas,
who visited the northern parts of the Chinese
empire, says, "those women are preferred who
have the Mandschu form; that is to say, a broad
face, high cheek-bones, very broad noses, and