The Natural History of the Varieties of ManLatham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Science
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man
Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Ethnology
_Dialects._--Two or more--the Ersad and the Mokshad.
_Religion._--Imperfect Christianity; Greek Church; Shamanism.
_Physical appearance._--Hair, brown and straight; beard, thin.
More Slavonic than any other Finnic tribe. The Ersad oftener
red-haired than the Mokshad.
THE TCHUVATCH.
_Locality._--Right bank of the Volga, opposite the Tcheremiss,
in the neighbourhood of Kasan, in the Government of Simbirsk
and Saratov. Recent settlements in the Government of Astrakan.
_Native Name._--Vereyal, and Khirdiyal, and Vyress:
Called by the Russians, Vyress.
" " Tcheremiss, Kurk-Mari=hill men.
" " Morduins, Wjedke.
_Numbers._--According to Schubert, three hundred and seventy
thousand.
_Religion._--Imperfect Christianity. Greek Church. Remains of
Shamanism.
_Physical Appearance._--Height, middle; complexion, light;
face, flat; beard, thin; hair, _black, and somewhat curled_;
eyes, grey; eyelids, narrow.
_Habitations._--Like those of the Turk tribes in their
neighbourhood.
_Dialects._--Two: _a._ of the Vereyal of the Gornaya; _b._ of
the Khirdiyal of the Lugovaya.
4.
FINLANDERS OF FINLAND.
_Localities._--Finland; settlers in Sweden and Norway.
_Native Name._--Suomolaiset.
_Swedish._--Finn.
_Norwegian._--Qwæn.
_Dialects._--_a._ Finlandic Proper; _b._ Savolax, spoken in
Savolax, and Carelia.
_Religion._--Lutheranism.
_Finnish words._--Kanguri=_weaver_, seppa=_smith_,
wapa=_freeman_, orya, palvelya=_slave_, myyda, ostaa=_buy
and sell_, yuoma=_ale_, kalya=_beer_, kandele,
youhe-kandele=_musical instruments_, keria=_book_,
raamattu=_writing_.
ENGLISH. FINLANDIC. SWEDISH.
_King_, Kunengas, Konung.
_Prince_, Ruhtinas, Thruhtin.
_Judge_, Duomari, Dömare.
_Cheese_, Yuusto, Ost.
_Wine_, Saxan wiina,[31] Viin.[31]
_Rye_, Ruis, Rug.
_Oats_, Havra, Haver.
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