The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-22
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INDIGENOUS RACES OF THE EARTH; OR, New CHAP
TIERS OF ErHNoLoGICAL INQUIRY; including MO
pograpbs on Special Departments Of Philology,
lcenogrsphy. Cranioscopy, Paleontology, Pasho,
I0gy, Archaeology, Comparative Geography and
Natural History: contributed by Alfred Manry,
Bihliothecaire De lInstitut de France; Francis
Pulszky, late Under Secretary Of State in Hun.
the Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia.
With communications from Prof. Joseph Leidy,
MD. and Prof. L. Agassiz, LIZ D.; presenting
ech NOSs snS .nS sS
Ghddon, formerly United States Consul at Cairo,
authors of "Types Of Mankind" Philadelphia,
J.B. Nppinoott 4 CO.; London, Tubner Go.
1857.
We have received in advance OF publication Q
copy of this splendid work. 1t ID in quarto form,
richly illustrated with wood cuts and Photographic
plates. It contains two charts or tableaux, the one
giving specimens Of the varieties in face and color
Of the various races Of mankind, the other giving
specimens Of the varieties into which the monkey
family is divided-the object being 10 show that it
is as Irrational to suppose that the whole human
family represented by these strikingiy dissimar
types descended from the nrst pair, Adam and Eve,
or nom Noah's three Sons, as to suppose that all
these types Of the monkey family, divided into
twenty-six genera-inciuding ourang outangs, chin
panzees gorillas, &c.-should have descended from
the one primordial or anic type.
On this point, under the head of "fnal observa-
TONS" Mr.. Ghddon, who is the author Of the chap
ter, says
Thus think we have ascertained that in continental
Asia, Africa and Misunderstanding aside Madagascar-no
less than amidst the thousand islands OF the Indian Archie
peago there are scattered immense numbers and many
varieties of Monkeys that in places different species
occupy contiguous habtats whilst their specific anaogues
only met with at very remote distances that no two
tracts of mountain valley hardly two islands, possess
same species of monkey in short spot within the
tropical zones however crcumscribed in area which does
not if has any ALL possess its simia snsia; and
finally that such species found anywhere else
Now does any naturalist claim that each species Of mon
key not created within the particular province zone,
focus centre where find in Will any naturalist ha
zrd denial that such monkeys therein created not
in single pairs but in natons2
tive of his ORDER after taking the preceding of his
more less anthropomorphous precursors whether in
relative chronological epochas, in respective station at
given link OF the spiral chain OF oeng-s 1t, would IN
qure by accident that the highest approximations 70 the
most in anpodean juxaposiuon-viz: the red ourang
uans with black and brown gibbons in Malayana and the
black gorllas and chimpanzees in African And Is 1t
again through accident ask that the converse of this
proposition Is true; viz that the lowest forms of mankind
IN Africa, as wei as the lowest forms of mankind in Ma
ayana vegetae 10 this day precisely where the highest
most authrapod types of the monkey species re-
spectively reside? II is, nowihstand-
ing sufficiently strange that such circumstances,
the "prmordia organic ypc' of monkey should have
highly improved in Guinea and in Maayana to become
roras and chmpanzees orang and gibbons whereas on
The contrary the descendants of Adam and Eve have i'm the
localities actually deterorated into the most degraded
and abect forms of humanity
In bidding farewell 10 the reader, would invite his at
ienon snguarity and to established
fact suggested by inspection of this monkey chart viz
rounds the occupied by the simiG, civhzation"
except possibly in Central America and Peruhas
been spontaneously developed since historical times.
Europe, the age of fossil remains, has not
tanned monkeys, save few apes imported from the
African SIDE TO SKIP about Gibraltar rock Inc hnes rum
south Of Carthage Crene Egypt Proper Palestine Mesopo
tamia Arana and China. We know that Hndosanc civi
izaton'' was due exclusively to immigrant Aryas; and
that of Maayana primarily 10 the migratory sequences OF
The latter, and secondarily 10 the Muslin Arabs.
That the most superior types of monkeys are found
to be indigenous exactly where We encounter races OF
some of the most inferior types of men,
The chapter from which we make the foregoing
extracts is the last in the work; but we have gone
30 far out of the order of the work, inasmuch Is
these illustrations reveal in the strongest light, per-
haps, the animss of the whole.
In the chapter Of PREDATORY remarks there is print
cd communication from Lieut.. A. w. Habersham,
United States Navy, on the hitherto little known
subject of the red men Of the island Of Formoss-s
subject to which much interest has been just given
on account of the reported recent wreck Of the
American clipper Highfyer in the vicinity Of the
island, and Of the supposed slaughter OF oil on
board.
The beach says Mr. Habcrsham, crowded by naked
and excited savages who, generally reported, were
cannibas The two convicts whom the captain Got
the United States surveying steamer John Hancock) had
taken into the boat 10 interpret in OF his being able
10 land became frightened nj the savage appearance Of
these reported tia they went their knees
to him. protesting through the steward that the ISLANDER
had eaten many of their countrymen and that he went
any they would do the by him and the boats
nding impossible to pass the surf, the boat
returned ON board and squared away for Hong Kong
The work is divided into six chapters, besides
the chapter Of predatory remarks, which contains
the letter on the red men of Formosa, letter from
Professor Louis Agassiz, and one from Professor
Joseph Leidy. Chapter one Is by Alfred Msury.
Librarian of the Institute of France, on the dis
tibuton and classification Of tongues, their relation
10 the geographical distribution Of races, and the
inductions which nay DO drawn from these res
tons. The second In by Francis Puszky, (kos-
suths secretary, we believej on iconograpac
researches on human races and their art. This
chapter is illustrated by ninety eight wood cuts and
nine photographic plates, three Of them colored. L.
is q most valuable cumpArisoa Of the different
styles Of art exi11ng among various races, and
contains accurate figures Of the Egyptian statutes
recently discovered-the oldest known. This CON-
psrson tends strongly TO prove the Independent
origin Of the various stems Of art and ornaments
ton. The third chapter is by ]. Aiken Meigs, on
the cranial characteristics Of the races Of men
illustrated with eightyseven wood cutsL 1t IL
founded on conscientious study Of the magnificent
materials found in the collection Of the Academy
Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia, the largest
museum of human cranis in the world. The fourth
lie by J. c. Mott on scclimation the comparative
influence of climate endemic and epidemic diseases
on the races of men.
One or two extracts from this chapter are worthy
of note:-
All Of men, Ike animals. possess certain degree
Of constitutional pability which gables them " bear
great changes of temperature latitude, and those
that Indigenous temperate climates, having wide
thcrmometrca range support best the extremes Of other
latitudcs, whether hot or cold. The Is
raee may be recognised anywhere; but not so with the
scandinavian and his descendants in the tropics The lat
ter becomes tanned emaciated debiated; his counte
nance. energy. everything undergocs a change.