The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-26
On LaKErs rmEogY % TuE FARM.

Dr. L.k.y. lcieinasli. has fs,hioHsd
. Uneasy - ihs Earth. nhirh he has sus.
tanned Fery sbiy hy Isels drawn fsen NE
iosEhsust,Lie usssafss II rsseing. sArrr
yslian. ard nemerr. II - NOW nesFiy
On ,ssss ssnss - Essi III ne a.IIe
aI reading n. inssnious ri,stsla'ion "a
he rar.cs n ne inherently n liz H'R 4
Tie sruEhrrn hemisphere. lie Disssrla-
SION - n arndsd u nalsfield's Aniiqui
Ties a. Ame1ies. ; wo,k 81 high q p1t.uoa.
uhirh as PUBLISHED 10 Cinrinnati. 10
1850. II recent clnsinnali chrrnirlr
sc find ihe iullaa ing INTERESTING s,a'sneni
Of soae of lie isels which Do. Lsksy
brings 10 The support Of bis opinion:
"Dr. Likely msiniains that the north
ern hsmisIh. re is be'ier adapted thsn the
southern 1, deTtlape The physical poutrs
and funeuans Of land sain.s IN general.
and 10 awaken and fuslsr the intellectual
faculties 81 man in Iarl,eulsr. This. he
continues. u strongly indsraied BIZ sisw
Of The same l.,ilndss IL the Two lem.
ispheIss. When ever s,alllar lu,ad ani-
slGis can b. I,unsl. R,sti.hlng IN enrres-
pending lalitudes 81 bosh h.mlsphsres.
The northern animal n. invariably adj an
isgrs over The southern. The lion al N.
Aries, cent aned with lie lion nf The
Cape. 10 one Of the many examples that
nay be gwen. The laers 81 nan ihdi-
grnous 70 The nartheIn, enmpared with
those Of lie southern hemisphere. offer
striking ex .mplrs Of this Law Of nature.
Compare The Caucasian Isce Of Europe
and Airiea. and esea The red man Of Nnr'h
Amerea. with The feeble sassges Of Cape
Horn. and The New IlnlIsrder, and lhe
correctness Of The principle ~ill be STR
kinRly manifest.
!. But The most ingenious pafl Of the
argument 81 Or. f.akey enHsis,s " esiab
I lIshing The lac, that ,hr European rare 10
invariably degenerate, y hen they celon-
iz- The Aus.rsl temperate zone. and DO
not drgensrsle when 'hry e.l"nize any
p,ri of she northern temperate zone. lie
appeals tn the sctniI cOndiIon af tie
eulonrsts of BBenos Ayres. of South Af.
RIGA, Of New Holland. and Van D,eman's
Land. in proof Of this position. Il sp-
pears, then. that the southern znne is not
only lnra. able IS vel Of producing the
higher race of man and land animals, but
that even when they em,graie there. Il Is
incapable Of sul p ring them without &C.
ieri0rasinn. The Dltch aad French have
degenersied u tie Z pc Of Good i"pe,
aud the SpaLiaids have fallen INTO the
ratio in Buruos Ayre.; but he does no,
assert the degen,racy Of the Anglo Aus
uallan or The Anglo African, aud agrees
that no, sufficient tine has elapsed since
the Englsh settled any pat Of The south
ern hemisphere.
The author Of the theory Dies not
consider the degentrse, Of The people II
the southern gone hopeless. Il u how
ever mol for wan, Of sufficient uac's OF
land. nor IL sulhrIent fertility. The con
lt.nent 81 Australia exceed. in magnitude
,ha, 81 Europe. late gt"graphers give
NeS Holland an area Of 400. 900 % .quare
miles. Us ulinste is gu"d. and its soil
fertile; bu, nr. I.akey contends ,La'. mt
" ilhs,andlng this fer;,lity. II does not
produce IN any abundance the iood 81
Imam. II has nri her variety non quahshy
OF good animal loud, and. slhough Tree.
aud certain other vegetables luxurIs;e. few
ol the species necessary for man VI land
animals are fuuud. Having by a seri S
tul luminous Arguments and instances, es-
f,sblislrel the general fact that the south
ern zane does not, or cannot sustain land
animals in the proper aud natural 'ignr
i"i The north; having. IN the language 81
bacon. collected his ins'aners. She Doc
tor proceeds 10 assign possible or probable
causes fnr il.
81. The eiirtiral fnrm ri The earh''
ubn. Causing the earth iu be farther iron
tie sun. v hen lie lauer is north Of III,
equator. than whtn it is south Of IL.
20. The consequent greater length o
time which The sun acts on the northern
, than on the southern hemisphere.
a. The immense pr"p"rt'on Of " ale
10 land in tie southern heml. phere; also
, the suns proximity IRON December "
June he being three millions OF m'ie
nearer To tie .asih in the southern sutn
/ mer than in the northern. Tue pr"ximi,.
Of The sun scurchrs and pa'rhes, instea
Of itrlillz'ng cert4in parts Of The southern
zone. DR.. l. key mentions the heals q
, South Australia. the barren Karoo Ila'n
/ nj Sou.h AREA, and the naked and tree
less psmpas Of La Plata to susl,in ,hI
. assertion.
To which may possibly be added III
, greater magnetic Intensity Ol1he nor.her
hemisphere"
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