Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-17

fr rbs6itipe the tropical parta Of Africa and Asia
7 arc a remark able for the greater hight OF N
/ Nsfura ists have been In the habit Of meas
Z I1rIng what i called the facial angie-that 4
I the angel Which one line passing nom ne lore
! head over the upper Jaw, viii make with an
other line passing along the base Of the skull y
intellectual men that angie is nearly a right
I ANGLE; and the Rncients understood that 8
/ wei that in their statutes, when they wantet
/ 10 exhibit an Intellectual man more promi
nehtly than usual, they exaggerated the ineti
was the representation OF creative power, thel
gave a proIninenee 10 the forehead " hich oyer
stepped The right angle, 50 that the ferene Z
Stood as the characteristic feature OF the Ugh
est Organization or tbs vertebrate type NOS
in trst respect the monkeys OF me Ola y OH
approach man more than any other monkeys
snd the young chimpenzee and the youni
orang oufang app zach the child far moy'
man. Il isa cuIiout fact hat IN tnsir eariiel
age when the characteristic features are Do
VT stamped with all their rigidity upoE
anofher they resemble one another more
than I'M their adult stage. And we IND N
that respect q greater resembiSnee eete cen tiis
Vo1uR OF the higi er monkeys and the chi ldrer
~ man than between the adults themselves
Another feature OF the monkeys Of the Old
Ws,rid consists in the Constitution OF the nose
The nose fg one of the most prominent ieatulti
offhe fape But through all higher types OF the
animal world, IN man and IN monkeys, We unu
that the most characteristic alllefenets & oe-
greas gr up. are marked by striking dldeTences
iu the form OF the nose. The white man has 2
prominent aquiline nose and ne has losst = Z
the most prominent part nf the raoe. Otnes
races Of men have, on the contrary, a nattened
Hose and ihe nOstrils opening slcewise, 50 thai
ne width ofthe nostrfl is from within outward.
Now similar differences are observed a5ncns
the monkeys The monkeys OF the Old word
have narrow nOsgFils, aud the nostrils opening,
a. n, the white man, from forward back
ward, and the partition which divides the nos
trils is very nsrrow ns2 agtsa = E y an
largest number OF those which are destitute OF
the tail Neither tue orang-ontasg nor chin
p 4nzee, nor gorilla, nor maeaoue OF Norih AZ
riea have any caudal sppendage. And upon
the Sunda Islands, aud upon the penlnsular Of
Malacca there Is q large tries OF monkeys With
exceedingly long arms, All OF wtion are ass ti-
monkeys Of Africa, as the baboon, we nnd
short tailed species. II Is o1ly among the slen-
der kids OF tn Old World that We nnd those
VIII cl1 have as long tail as the MONKEYS OF
Africa generally have. Then II we p s. from
the Old World to the New World, We hno that
the MONKEYS not only are geneTaly snna Ter,
generally have a more prolonged sAout,
but their facial angle Is less than tbaJ
OF the monkeys OF the old 'Tio; and.
whaI is curious, their nostrilS are orcadf
the partftfou bstween the Two nostriis remark
ably broad 50 that the nOStrils open in mea-
sure sidew'se. And an oug then We nsq 3
large mum Der Of kinds which have rems rkzhly
10 q Jai $ AMI some OF them have a tail which
I. t..rrni -lates with naked surfa underH ea. h.
Evf1 n a
tbgsa monkeys have so much deXierity In the
use Of the tail that hey can Sc 2 vi as u uch
precision small objects by Slasping the ent Of
the tail around them, as they s-iz- objects
vi n their hand. And all monkeys v tn such
a prphengiv- tail are pecuiiar 70 South America
Not Que OF the old World has tn a p Gu lafity.
And there art even those which have prenen-
siIg tall IN which he tail + covered WITH ha'f
q 1 over. And then there are certain number
OF the monkeys Of South America which
have somewhat less tail out Lnere Is
not one on tle whole continent Of amer
ice which is entireiy nesttute OF t'r
caudsl sppeDdage % we nave mere t%"o %
World and the monkeys OF the New World, the
fnrulsr 0f W Iich, on acOou oftue peculiarly
OF the fOrn OF tnelr Bo-e, nave ben qistlns
guisn- q as csJarrhlni- or nGrroW-n osec. and
tue monkeys Of The New World, plstyrrhlnlI
or broad-u o ed. T zen there are two other fam
Hes OF monkeys which have a special eharac
Ter. The little squi rel-mohkeys which inhaoit
several tropical parts OF SCUM Amer.eH, the
valley OF the Amazon and the northern parts
OF Brazil each differ from ali other monkeyst IN
hAvls their grinding tseih PROVIDED with nu
mer0us prOngs. and their hands sinail aud inn
perfect, more like paw. tIf rent rom the
hsnfs OF any other monkeys, ana yei the pos
sibii OF opposing the thumb 1 the other
fingers, shows them t. ne monkeys al>o- An
other difference wuich aaye noticed between
the MONKEYS OF the Old World and those
of the New World, consists IN the denta-
tinu. Man has i've grinders ABOVE ana
below, right and len. m king twenty grind.
Ing teeth and so havs IL the monk ys or
World have one tno, h more on each sids, above
and below, the number OF their grinders being
twenty our. These htu squirrel monkeys
again have only twenty, Eve Gn o sch size
Aud now the fourth group OF MONKEYS known
under the mare OF lemurs or makis lnhsoit
Madagascar, and they are Kclus vely found on
that island, the genuine maxi A few some
yvhR' led to the makis are found on the op-
pOsite shore. Of africa; What diStingulsheS
these monkeys from all Others is tn form OF
heir head, which IS protfu ed IKE Z, and
they are also occasionally called fox mon,
keys" on tnat a cunt Ihry Dave Polhted
81 our are mo- caFuiYeroqs than monkeys gen
sr- liy are, and their fingers are more nunler-
ously provided "a ith Claws Than with nat nails.
Here we have four grS1ps of monkeys which
are cha, aeterIzed by recuiiarfties Of struciu Q,
q fly recognized asd upmistakaol--Jh mon
keys which resemble tue squirrels Whlch IN
habit tropical south America, the monkeys
with broad noSt-ils, which tnhabit south
America generally within the tropics, and
he monkeys of the Old World which are found
in Africa and in Asia within the tropics, DuL EOt
in Madagascar, nor in Australis- 1t Is curious
hat here tropical region IN which palm trees,
which are the principal abode OF monkeys,
abound, as Australia, should be destitute OF
mon keys, when on some o the adjots ing Is
land monkeys are not only common, but even
the highest kinds Of monkeys are found there.
This shows, in my estimauoni one thlng th5t
ali the di ifTenenCes which exist among animals
cannot be Rzcribed TO climate influences, or, at
all events. that similar climates do not peces-
Sargiv nro nee animals which are skin: for
there in Australia, which exhibits all the pecu-
liar climatic conditions OF the tropics ana ten-
e.
niverous animals, nor Iuminants. nor pachy-
derms there are neither deer, nor elks, nor an
telOpes, nor eiePhantS, nor IhinoeecoseS, nor
IS, nor any Of those iarge animals
mere else tnhabt tropical elm ates,
nor any ~ Yes, nor any came :, nor are theIe
any OF thaJcarniverous tribe, no bears no wea'
sells, no foxes, no dogE. no bulls, no cats, no
tigers, no lions, no hing OF that kind but the
WhCle OF the continent is peOpied ny Quaoru-
peds OF peculiar kind, the marsunals or Ash-
& srOo family, all OF which are rem trkaole tr
The peculiarly OF having. like ouf opussum.
viii h is one OF that family, and the only genus
OF that Iamily found on This continent, under
which are born in a very Immature condition,
are transferred, and where they remain until
thes have reached 4 greater prOgreKs in their
development. Now that group Of marsutals,
as they are called, IS the peculiar CUP OF
quadrnps ds Of Australl 4, anu in n II various
forms they ape all the other families Whicn
are 20 common in other pars OF the
word. There are some which recall the
mc nkeys, though they have not the
are others which rec iii the carniverous ami
mais, though they have not the characteristic
features OF Tie earnlveroGs; and others wnlch
recall in ameasure the rum naHts though they
are not rumiuants properly speaking. It would
lead me too Tar away from my subject were
[ enter into a de tailed description of all these
animals. All is wanted nov 10 impress upon
your minds Is the fact that every part OF the
wer has its peculiar tribes OF animals, anc
that these ribes 10 not possess such a close re-
iati n TO The climatic condition hat their Pc
culiarlties give any Kind OF saus sctory
evidence that they are TO be aseribed 20 the ell
matte Influences In which they live. Now,
among tn Sc monkeys there ars innumerabis
varieties or speci S, or genera, as you may ca ]
then for the name IS not OF very great impor-
h ce here I wsnI, however, 70 make cie rthe
fact OF what Is the ma, ure II these dihcreDces-
Among these n onkeys there are IN Sc,
such as the oTsng-Outsng the chimpaa-
gee and tue g0rilll which have the hand made
IN the same manner, have teeth Of eo at the
same proportions, and in ghtch he structure
0 the details present the same reistios' when
rod a
name under which these higher monk Us are
design sted Is that OF anth opotd OF ms like.
Then we have those in which The snout isVery
promi snt and isrge, meWh do--i1ke, aud
the tail snort, limbs very stout, their bodies
heavily built Those ale the baf o0ns I
among these babCOus there are several KINDS,
th,- h. iifferent species, differing n size, diff
fering in color, differing in length OF hair over
the heSd and on tha meek, Ia the n ne et,i.
Then we have another group. the l"ng-tailsd
monkeys m the old World, which are remark
aple for their slender form, for the grest length
OF their tail, for the more Fromi iell snonL lor
the more tuberCuiated grinding teeth. and The
IKE An 80 lt Is with the monkeys Of
the New World In SOuth AmerlcS there
Is the genuine eebus, or sapajoa. which are
monkeys with a p-e.ensile tsi, but Ia WHICH
The tail Is more covered with hair tIan IL the
bowling no KEYS, in which the lower pa { o.
the all Is entirely destitute OF hair, and which
nave In the throat an enlarg nent OF the
larynx, with which they can produce reser
berati9n OF the sounds they utter, which is
very loud, and which ha, lnduced me na ue OF
Designated; and OF these tHpre are a variety Of
specfes occupying different parts Of south
america And so again with the shorter-tsiie
monkeys OF south America; and 50 with the
squirrel M nkeys--a great lumber o. b th Spe-
{ - thowing Ihuse peculiarltl-s OF structur
which rest IN the mode OF execution OF the de
tails the tail, hand, face, and the ike, ana pre-
senting d. rences which rest Ia The color In
the absolute size Of the antInal, In toe relatiV
prot tOrduus the limbs, and in their length as
com. ared with the body, etc Now, then, what
40 we lud among men2 similar difrer-
ences again. For men have not all
the same complexion, nor do they
an exhibit the saIue characteristics features
we cannot consider the rel tions OF mankind
to monkeys unless We are aware how widely
Fnen differ from ohc another. While they have
ali the characteristics OF humanity, there are
As the differences which distinguish some o.
these genera Of monk eys from one anothSr-al
striking uuquesfionaby as the differences o.
some OF the species or monKe5s troln ons
another. And am bound 70 say that unles
we recognize the differences among m-n, anc
We recognize the identity Of these difference
With the differences which exist among ami
mals, We are not true 10 our subject And what
ever be the origin OF these diuerences, they art
OF some account. and u II ever ls provee
be st the same time proved that all monkey
have common origin. and II VIII BY the SAINT
evidence be proved that men and monkey
cannot have a different origin. THIS Is the ap
pailing feature Of the subjeot-that the charac
terlstics which distinguish the dinerent r2csi
OF men are Of the same nature as The cEarac
terlEtics which distinguish the different kinis Q
monkeys. And II was for that reason that earil
I maintained that the different races OF mel
must have had an ind pendent origin, becsus
Jaw the time coming when the question OF III
oTigin OF man would te mixed up with thi
question OF the origin OF animals, ana 9 com