1812. Bust of the Queen of Naples. (Murat's) Cenotaphs for two members of the Millerio family. Villa Gernetto, Milan. Cenotaph to the memory of the Sculptor's Mother. 1814. Statue of Hebe, third repetition. Lord Cawdor. The Graces, a group in marble, ordered by Josephine, subsequently completed for prince Eugene. Palace at Monaco. The Graces a replica with alterations. Duke of Bedford. Bust of Cimarosa, the musical composer. Museum of the Capitol. Bust of Paris, presented to M. Quatremère de Quincy. Paris. Bust of Helen, presented to the countess Albrizzi. Venice. Bust of a Muse, presented to professor Rossini. Pisa. Bust of another Muse, lately belonging to the countess of Albany. Bust of another Muse for 1820. count Pezzoli. Bergamo. Bust of Replica of Paris. Hereditary prince of Bavaria. Cawdor. Bust of Peace, for lord Colossal Bust of Bossi, the painter, now on his monument at Milan. Colossal model for a Statue of Religion. The idea in this composition is very little different from that of the same figure in the monument of Rezzonico. Statue in marble of the above. Lord Brownlow. Cenotaph to the memory of Chev. Trento. Vicenza. Recumbent Nymph listening to the lyre of Love. In the possession of his Britannic Majesty. 1816. Venus and Mars, group Statue of Venus, executed in marble in 1820. This statue is quite different from that of the Palazzo Pitti, and in character approaches nearer to the Venus of the Capitol than to the Medicean. Thomas Hope, esq. Colossal Statue of Pius VI. kneeling. St. Peter's. Model of a colossal Statue of Charles III. of Naples, intended to be placed on the colossal horse modelled for Napoleon. Sepulchral Relievo for Sig. Manzoni of Forli. 1819. Model for a Statue of a sleeping Endymion, the statue begun, but not finished at the death of the artist. Statue of a recumbent Magdalen, finished among the last 2 works of the Sculptor. Earl of Liverpool. 1819. Model of a Statue of Dirce. Herma (that is, a bust with the marble cut square from the junction of the neck with the shoulders), of Corinna. Count S. di Crema. Herma of Tuccia, the vestal virgin. Virgin. Herma of another Vestal Herma of a Philosopher. Devonshire. Bust of Beatrice. Cicognara, Venice. Duke of Count Bust of Eleonora d'Este (Tasso's). Count Tasio, Brescia. Bust of repetition of the Helen always the same. Parma. Seven Relievos for the Cicognara. Venice. Bust of Count Leopold MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c. THE PHYSICAL FORM and CHARACTER of the SIAMESE. [From Finlayson's Mission to Siam and Hué.] who cannot be said to possess national characters, at least of physiognomy and physical form, sufficiently distinct and obvious to entitle them to be considered as a distinct race. Where there is a difference between the Malays and the tribes mentioned, it is more to be referred to the condition of the mental faculty, than to that of bodily form; to the state of manners, habits of life, language; in short, to circumstances altogether, or in great part, produced by mind. In other respects they would appear to differ but little from the tribes HE Siamese are one of the numerous tribes which constitute that great and singular family of the human race known generally by the appellation of Mongols. If they do not possess, in the most acute degree, the peculiar features of the original, they are at least stamped with traits sufficiently just to entitle them to be considered as copies. There is, however, one general and well-marked form, common to all the tribes lying between China and Hindostan. Under this head are comprehended the inhabitants of Ava, Pegu, Siam, Cambodia, and even of Cochin-China, though those of the every reason to consider as of Tartar latter country more resemble the origin, is, however, quite unequivocal; Chinese than the others. This and it is through this medium, it appears distinctive character is so strongly tion. The sea-coasts of the peninsula to me, that we ought to trace their filiablended with the Mongol features, of Malacca, Sumatra, and a few other that we have no hesitation in con- places in that neighbourhood, will be sidering these nations as deriving found to afford the best forms illustrative their origin from that source. It of the character of this tribe; as, for instance, the people called Orang Laut. appears to me, that to this source In the better-cultivated islands, the also we ought to refer the Malays,* physical form is much modified as well as the manners, by intermixture with other tribes; probably with those who preceded them in the possession of the country. Let the inhabitants of the places referred to be compared, not directly with the Chinese, but with the Siamese, Burmans, &c., and little doubt will be entertained as to the probable origin of this people. * If we compare the Malays with the more acute forms of the Tartar race, with the Chinese on the one hand, or with the Arabs or Hindoos that frequent their islands on the other, we may be disposed to consider them as forming a different race. Their affinity with the Indo-Chinese nations, whom we have mentioned above. Traces of a much ruder people are to be met with in the mountainous districts of these kingdoms, particularly in the peninsula of Malacca. Our knowledge of these is much too scanty to enable us to trace their filiation. Though generally asserted, there are no records to prove that they are the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, at least of any other part of it than the wilds and impenetrable forests which they continue to occupy. The woolly-headed race, and another resembling the Indian, are not uncommon. Their origin will probably ever remain uncertain. The stature of the body would appear to be much alike in all the tribes of the Mongol race, the Chinese being perhaps a little taller, and the Malays lower than the others. In all it is below that of the Caucasian race. The average height of the Siamese, ascertained by actual measurement of a considerable number of individuals, amounts to five feet three inches. The skin is of a lighter colour than in the generality of Asiatics to the west of the Ganges; by far, the greater number being of a yellow complexion, a colour which, in the higher ranks, and particularly amongst women and children, they take pleasure in heightening by the use of a bright yellow wash or cosmetic, so that their bodies are often rendered of a golden colour. The texture of the skin is remarkably smooth, soft, and shining. Throughout the whole race there is a strong tendency towards obesity. The nutritious fluids of the body are principally directed towards the surface, distending and overloading the cellular tissue with an inordinate quantity of fat. The muscular textures are in ge neral soft, lax, and flabby, rarely exhibiting that strength or developement of outline which marks the finer forms of the human body. In labourers and mechanics, particularly the Chinese, the muscular parts occasionally attain considerable volume, but very rarely the hardness and elasticity developed by exercise in the European race. On a simple inspection, we are apt to form exaggerated notions respecting their muscular strength, and capacity for labour. A more close examination discovers the reality, and we find that something more than volume is necessary to constitute vigour of arm. In point of size, the limbs are often equal to, if not larger than those of Europeans, particularly the thighs, but this magnitude of volume will be found to depend upon the cause alluded to above. The same circumstance gives to the whole body a disproportionate bulk; and hence they form what is called a squat race. The face is remarkably broad and flat, the cheek-bones prominent, large, spreading, and gently rounded. The glabellum is flat and unusually large. The eyes are in general small. The aperture of the eye-lids, moderately linear in the Indo-Chinese nations and Malays, is acutely so in the Chinese, bending upward at its exterior termination. The lower jaw is long, and remarkably full under the zygoma, so as to give to the countenance a square appearance. The nose is rather small than flat, the ale not being distended in any uncommon degree; in a great number of Malays, however, it is largest towards the point. The mouth is large, and the lips thick. The beard is remarkably scanty, consisting only of a few straggling hairs. The forehead, though broad in the lateral direction, is in general narrow, the hairy scalp descending very low. The head is peculiar. The diameter from the front backwards is uncommonly short; and hence the general form is somewhat cylindrical. The occipital foramen in a great number of instances is placed so far back, that from the crown to the nape of the neck is nearly a straight line. The top of the head is often unusually flat. The hair is thick, coarse, and lank, in some shewing a disposition to curl on the forehead, but this is more peculiar to the Malays. The colour is always black. The limbs are thick, short, and stout, and the arms rather disproportionate in length to the body. The arms, particularly in. Malays, are uncommonly long. The foot is, in general, small, but the hand is much larger than in the natives of Bengal. The trunk is rather square, being nearly as broad at the loins as over the pectoral muscles. There is in this respect the greatest difference between them and the inhabitants of either India, who are in general remarkable for small waists. The diameter of the pelvis is particularly large, and the dimensions of the cavity would appear to be somewhat greater than in the other races. From this account of their form, they would appear to be admirably calculated to execute and to undergo the more toilsome and laborious, but mechanical, operations which are the usual lot of the labouring classes of mankind. They have the frame, without the energy of London porters. The greater number of them are indeed more distinguished for mechanical skill, and patience under laborious occupations, than for brightness of imagination or mental capacity. Others of them are equally remarkable for indolence and aversion to labour. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE SIAMESE. Treatment of the Dead.-The treatment of the dead is not amongst the least singular of the customs peculiar to the Siamese. It is more or less expensive according to the rank which the individual held in the community, or the ability of his relations. The poorest amongst them are negligently and without ceremony thrown into the river. Those a little higher in the scale of society are burnt; often very imperfectly, and their partially-consumed bones are left to bleach on the plain, or to be devoured by ravenous beasts. Children, before the age of dentition, are interred in a superficial grave, to one end of which an upright board is attached. Women who have died pregnant are interred in a similar manner. After the lapse of a few months, however, their remains are taken up for the purpose of being burnt. With the exceptions mentioned, the practice of burning the dead extends to all ranks. The ceremony may be witnessed almost daily in the environs, and within the precincts of the temples. The latter are generally provided with a lofty shed, of a pyramidal form, open on all sides, and supported on tall wooden posts, of sufficient height to admit of the combustion of the body without injury to the roof. Nor is even this simple shed common to all. The avarice of the priesthood, taking advantage of the weaker feelings of the human |