MAMMALIA. The first class of animals in the Linna,an system, comprehending such as suckle their young by means of lactiferous' teats, and are for the most part quadrupeds. MAMMOTH. An antediluvian animal, whose remains have been discovered in vari ous countries, and are supposed to be those of an immense species of elephant, now extinct. MAN. A being consisting of a rational soul and organical body. By some he is de fined thus: "He is the head of the animal creation ; a being who feels, reflects, thinks, contrives, and acts ; who has the power of changing his place upon the earth at pleasure; who possesses the faculty of communicating his thoughts by means of speech, and who, has dominion over all other creatures on the face of the earth." The constituent and essential parts of man created by God, are two : body and soul. The one was made out of dust; the other was breathed into him. The varieties of the human species, as arrang ed by Blumenbach, are five in number : 1.
Caucasian variety, which includes the Euro peans, (excepting the Laplanders, and the rest of the Furnish race,) the western Asia tics, as far as the river Ob, the Caspian sea, and the Ganges, and the northern Africans. 2. Mongolian variety, which includes the rest of the Asiatics, (excepting the Malaya,) the Finnish races of the colder parts of Europe, as the Laplanders, &c., and the tribes of Es. quimaux; extending over the northern parts of America from Bhering Straits to the ex tremity of Greenland. 3. Ethiopian variety, contains the remaining Africans, besides those classed in the first variety. 4. American va riety. To this belong all the Americans; ex cept the Esctnimaux. 5. Malay variety, in cludes the inhabitants of Malacca, of the South Sea, Ladrone, Philippine, Malacca, and Sunda Islands. Each variety is distin guished by the colour of the hair, and some striking peculiarities of feature.