CHAPTER VIII

THE LESSER IMMIGRANT GROUPS 168

African, Saracen and Mongolian blood in our immigrants--The Finns--Motives and characteristics--Political aptitude--Patriotism--The Magyars--Social condition and traits--The Portuguese--Origin and volume of the Portuguese influx--Distribution--Industrial and social characteristics--Resistance to assimilation--The Greeks-- Immigrationfrom Greece purely economic--Distribution and occupational preferences--Serfdom of Greek bootblacks--The Levantines--Racial and social characteristics.