New-York tribune., 1867-02-27
SOIJTH AMERICA.

:. a.. ,,,rse which have Dcon gwen "i''7 '"0 "''
..f me New York Association for the AoV1heoInoiC
So" - A., The subject was The Monkeys ana
-, N,,ve InEabtauts OF South America" Every e'"'
=, tt large halof Cooper Institute was iieu' anu "'
.aera,se sportion G1 the storGing-room oceupcu' VII
-, ,,--yard the speaker greeted ~iIh APPLAUSE
aJc tbonEad: ---.., |
.r,ss AVN GENIE t,iI.N In an uuguorded moments
o,oro for tins evenings lecture The subject when mas
annouuc cd uPon tbe tickets III had cobsloeFu %
oott,r more matl'ely, wculd probably have abS'do
s,on bringing into such public notice subject so lu VI
,cnes respecting which, after AL so ltle Is RDo"'
nd tth refohee 70 which there such extreme views
,,tertained by the most competent Investigators AS
~ have nothing left but oaBddy TO express 10y e'N'
d,ous without reteeuce and If can, Wlthou' Irepos
ssion OF course, you do not expect that s tel 9o"
anecdotes concerning the monkeys which nave seehll
IN ,c trees in the Valley Of the Amazon nor 70 con
rast with them the habits Of the native aptanls 's
4sat kham take broader view OF the su'sec'' anu
a,se,ss before Won the relations which exist ne
twecn the monkeys and mankind-@ SU'JeS,
,sbieh fer the last years has ebsaseo !
The ,aueet attention of all naturahstS WIN
e.o,e 20 which an the Investigations made within tht
att 1 Year, s hys sen TeS naaIst studies anatomy Of
an animal 1t is with rtitenee 70 & strnetne Ma,
nand INTO e.stcnce. a naturalist nowadays ihves
Lgates the emb5 oGsy % inses M il Is Nth dc view Of
asceSiainng that law which reslliasS tiose s
nov days Investigate the ge0erdphiS,il uSi ~ % & m
che animals upon tie surface OF our & ~ 10 % G what
view Si itV Which prevails all over the globe has
been pIoduGsd What = S he fossil remains
winch are embedded m the strata Oh our & n, % ,e No
he in the course OF time, it At present with me WeT
Of ascertainng how TINS succession mas ptf TIced and
in what relation they stand to one oHist
smons their cllow-mcn it is with the view oi aeSI3
lug whether men Orgiuaed from one liI& & W % tbsi
SEssSer nsFs nodays approach their subject it
" evsrSx bge Will one Niew-tO ascertain, IL II can be
& R hst yaV Things originated and What Is the p
mary cause Of the differences when we 0tIN ~ hii5
ibeI1 And the subject just opening We nave nIuS @
extreme views cashing WITH one az their Sal
aiion which interest men with reference to their social
esssn%1auon5s, % 5 UI 6o"s in philosophy We have as il
were seets. as there different denOnh'lG!n t ~
m Inss; ; %f thS only correct one Ills obligation is 10
present his facts aud 70 discuss, he hS hecV@s them
he Is chiefly convinced Of their accuracy pbt
=, "beaIors~ bit not with the metenson mar
~. a' has foInd the final solution OF the pr0Dlcln.
Fbert n q great change IL that respect ~ - =; Nv Soe
pUssble any man. or Tor any SET o & eh & 1 icTuSd
tat the truth them exclusively Men nav &c tr
that there is only one common fouS @ on apothcr ~ in
SeIefs however they may differ rom one mo- ~,
Ihcr religious principles Men have learned lttt .vIe
= onIy one source f6r their knowledge which Is nature
natute's facts and il is with that eONleilo1 % r a. ia
on which between man and tle Ia0nEGS, " tIre
views which are my e9nycnons ber @ Su' other views
Entertained ly others AppaaStei cle@n "I'' record
Snd therefore ] want 60 make q rev M Staten ,ns,
eoneernng accusations which have reer h1, ~ ~ hen
20 m scientific as well as other Journals ~ ,,fl n"s
dated that in my public Lectures make loose H,
winch not accurate II III @.eS f mle of the moment
s9d that my statements lack that precision M,Sn S ,eh
titles 70 IfpS sug e auoIed Now WILL that may
Iow within what limit my statements m some Of the lee
lures stated that vertebrates have four p iiS S
argued S os @ds eSe'S8gS Of SST Science 6st
shales PGBoses 9t 5a@I tno% IS the statement o
he teYt books text books are Only ~ Az m % %
maj information upon this matter, if they had e0psnlIe.
e authorities upon the subject they 'S tese n,
%Sla S aud that they only concealed NY by tine sES
ef Gissecne the the Amazo 20 thaS kHU
hom pfIsonnti ect o" when they saw that besides II
taIy Developed pair OF limbs upon ths Ge Vi @ the ~
taeea theT have second pair e0neealea uuSd e VIZ o
~hs :F Hat tSat there is natural tendency
,rtebratcs to develop four limbs, and that heIe ~
,here only two are developed, and in some ecOnu p
TO sustain pair rudhuentaIy limbs
der the n SO much for that one statement. lAppaa avs
T+e e@u9 is tfat affirm that fishes have I'VE tt
g - n Arl9rs are eDpnffstsa-sSl ~ N,tg,ioI sil
81 egfy as otGrf 8uualswlie IN reality they eSstr
only from, the time Of the DeyGnan period Now. how
preserved - perfect it might he easy Distinguish
ETougA Of lobster from ouP Of fish; but in these Gdc
have been Interpreted by as fish am
by Oasers crustacea, there are only fragmentarl
sHnes snch have in the I'm Of some fishes for in
stance m ,he common & a1S-s ihe SGs"d & IN has IN M
way ON tho,other hand the horse shoe gmp has nloI
What alike in appearance to those spines. Now
spineSof this kind. resembling these, numerous Ia
te Oldest beds which fossil remains have been found
and the question - whether they are The lt
Hains ,Of Crlstagea, the remains OF fishes
bOIDe .natnralistS have affirmed that they
BE the remains .of crustacca. have affirmed
That Of fishes and have based my
ssseItOupon this thf the structure of the slines Of the
r,,,stss,ea when ahmed am lnicoseoealy hay all all the
sbeldgf crHstacea while the sphes Of fishes have the
tbaidtpe0Nc slliWtue uhClO>CUpCdN,oI oI bones Wl'll
sNeTy-easily distinguished from every other structure.
Now those spues " the Oldest deposits have the charac
81. Of Ih4N that -ffl
are thespuss oi fishes and am not wrong when say
HAT FISHES existed early : any other ANIMALS.
Applausel But this IS no place for "a oonrO, e1ry,
Hud J viii turn TO the subject ct this
evenings lecture, and consider with the question Of
Inc rotation which exists between the monkey ana
That QueS toiS question. Ancient natural
isis didNOt think Of comparing man and monkeys any
animals Tis works. OF Aristotle in which We have the
HsrestGon uf thshud 1900 years discussed
Nbe structure Of man - compared with ANIMALS nui he
aIr more than between aud the other warm
DiOoded NeItcrg,tes And the reason j. very obvious
a. those days the only monkeys known three The
biiacus Aristotle calls him, the monkey OF
Northern Africa. which frequently Doubt brought
~ Gree1c a. IN ourdays n is frequently brought 10 the
southern paris Of Europe; the second The cebus,
The red monkey ot NOrth America which i quite com
on the coast OF BarhIy aud which s l0ngtailed
monkey al Gddish Color with pOihled Shou somewhat
ike the common monkeys that obtain SOuth
America, Int differs hOm them in many reSJects-in the
pesHIaltits {" rs Iace us teeth ana me le Jhcn me
tigd io0f the monkey known the ancent Is Tie
oaicoI ~ which representations are 10 De seen on TIE
nnctW ltlpuAn monuments, Nov, neither "i aieSr
monkeys lts anything particularly human. The baboO
lar head NOT unlike that of bulldog and was called
iy the Anrents klnoceplalons, or dog headed,
accOuDf ~ that peculiar constitution OF it, head
Isu after tie passage 1.-The East indies, around 10y the
Cape Of GGid Hope had been di>cO' cred natluHsS he
CIne acQa lcd with several kinds Of monkeys u The
East Indies aud the West Coast Of Africa which stand far
Iioye ti0Sr known Bncients aLd among them
Gninea TEese TWO IloDIcys eXrteJ fhe rnfiosty Of
In ne f ttur Ied ia he