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The Descent of Man

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illustrissimus viator dixit mihi praecinctorium<br />

vel tabulam foeminae, quod nobis teterrimum<br />

est, quondam permagno aestimari ab hominibus<br />

in hac gente. Nunc res mutata est, et censent<br />

talem conformationem minime optandam<br />

esse.) He once saw a woman who was considered<br />

a beauty, and she was so immensely developed<br />

behind, that when seated on level ground<br />

she could not rise, and had to push herself<br />

along until she came to a slope. Some <strong>of</strong> the<br />

women in various negro tribes have the same<br />

peculiarity; and, according to Burton, the Somal<br />

men are said to choose their wives by ranging<br />

them in a line, and by picking her out who projects<br />

farthest a tergo. Nothing can be more hateful<br />

to a negro than the opposite form." (60. <strong>The</strong><br />

'Anthropological Review,' November 1864, p.<br />

237. For additional references, see Waitz, 'Introduction<br />

to Anthropology,' Eng. translat.,<br />

1863, vol. i. p. 105.)

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