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lue eyes with aversion, and they think our<br />

noses too long and our lips too thin." He does<br />

not think it probable that negroes would ever<br />

prefer the most beautiful European woman, on<br />

the mere grounds <strong>of</strong> physical admiration, to a<br />

good-looking negress. (68. <strong>The</strong> 'African Sketch<br />

Book,' vol. ii. 1873, pp. 253, 394, 521. <strong>The</strong> Fuegians,<br />

as I have been informed by a missionary<br />

who long resided with them, consider European<br />

women as extremely beautiful; but from<br />

what we have seen <strong>of</strong> the judgment <strong>of</strong> the other<br />

aborigines <strong>of</strong> America, I cannot but think that<br />

this must be a mistake, unless indeed the statement<br />

refers to the few Fuegians who have<br />

lived for some time with Europeans, and who<br />

must consider us as superior beings. I should<br />

add that a most experienced observer, Capt.<br />

Burton, believes that a woman whom we consider<br />

beautiful is admired throughout the<br />

world. 'Anthropological Review,' March, 1864,<br />

p. 245.)

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