B.
INDO-GERMANIC IAPETIDÆ.
Languages.—Separated from the common mother-tongue subsequent to the evolution of the cases of nouns. Less evidently agglutinate than the Keltic.
The previous and the forthcoming groups are generally placed in one and the same class—that class being called Indo-European. The material fact of the Kelts having broken-off from the mother-stock at an appreciably early stage in the evolution of the common language, has led the present writer to refine upon the usual arrangement. To prove that the Kelts and Goths are related, is a very different matter from proving that their relationship is within a certain degree.
The Indo-Germanic Iapetidæ fall into two classes—
1. The European; 2. The Iranian Indo-Germans.
I.
EUROPEAN INDO-GERMANS.
Of this class the sub-divisions are three—1. The Gothic. 2. The Sarmatian. 3. The Mediterranean Indo-Germans.
1.
GOTHS.
Physical conformation.—a. Blue eyes, flaxen hair, ruddy complexion, smooth skin, fleshy limbs.
b. Eyes, gray, dark, or hazel; hair, brown or black; complexion, sallow or swarthy; bulk, varied.