, 1870-05-11
ACADEMY 0F BClEH0Ea
R,huoloay OF Centrn3 As1n-Lectarc by Pro-
fessof 4. =. Davis

The Chicago Academy OF Sciences held regular
meeting last evening, 1t tne6 building ca Wabash
avepue+ Dr.. Edward Andrews In the chair.
The Secretary read the painEtes of the last meet
ing, md tney were adopted
Donations Of insects, rninera1g, fosHls, reptiles,
InfusoEta1 earth, shells crustaced, and salaman-
der we're received from various friends Of the
Academy, Some books and pamphlets were do
pa.ed to the library, and HI. George c. Walker
nsdo preseut Of three black walnut cabinets for
the nrcserF alton Of botanical specimens.
Professor Oelafontalne. recensfy from Geneva,
swttuetlaud, was elected member OF tue
Academy ...--.-..--
g1HHo1o6T op CENTRAL ASIA
Nr. ", J. Davis, Doctor OF Philosophy and e3-
Professor OF the University OF St. Petersburg, was
introduced to lecture on HEthno1ogJ IN Central
Anx.r vhere he had travelled extenxFely.
he stated that the object Of his travels was to
etudy the unity OF the human racet and tho origin
Of mat He went from St Petersburg down tne
Caspian Sea, and thence IL Russian war steamer s
retarnlDs rt j On 4tsit g tae tomb
q Il Mess. an4 were e. e. tasT wag e
them, and On arriving at kasch9haf, the capital o.
chinese TartaFY, he began 70 study The InIanian
family 9i s$ ehns FL
70 this ianu{ly also belongs Tho Basque language
sRslna spaln. u tae hungarian language, md the
language spoken. IN FinIand. Thls same
Turanian family hettIss origin In the Altat Aou1-
~ s 600 years, The language OF the Turnniaus
was dlHezens from the sanscgit and Afy7n Ian.
guases-: The cause Of this difference nas the
sep1r1tton or the Turani2n family from the Aryan
family BY thousands Of years, aad the position Of
the Ata Mountains, on account Of nhtch contnu-
| Has Impossible in olden tu1ea. -.
| The ATyans @ hxd thsir origtnA seat about :, ,ooo
ns1eT uns ns knaog
The inhabitants Werc 50 numerous In that part OF
the country that cnIxratous became necessazy.
who went 70 Greece. where they settled. Anothel
| branch were the Celts. who went round the Caz
glan and Black seas, through the valley Of the
Some Of them live now in Wales, ireland, and OF
| the COAST OF Brrtagnc, IN France. The
f.mii, Tho vent na @ zoc esntn1ies iater lna ie
| Ce1ta TO Central Europe. The Goths we're blondes
With fair har and blue eyes. produced bY the in-
lived on the pruuonitories OF the Hlndoo cusn now
| called Afghanlstan. The Influences Of climate on
the human races was apparent from the facr k08t
territory, wcre more or less fair and have blue
eyes, and the Inhabitants Of Walm southern re-
| slons have dark hais snd black eyes-
Hts observations led him to the conclusion, With
| Alexander Won Humboldt, that there was unity In
| the human races. diversity OF race or tFpe being
eate sd sontiops g liz I naify q 1aes
he meant the evolution or development Of one
| common seed and one common period Of time. II
| man had been produced or created, what Many
called diversity of creation, that was to say that
| one race WIS created at one period and another
race At period Of 20 900 years Later there Would
! not exist the universal harmony and intelligence
| 30 universal among hHman beings
He believed In the parr1nIan syztem, because
| he could present to his own reason an evolution
| or development at organic and Inorganic nature,
without interfering With the Divine power. Il be
looked on the other side Of the question. the
theological side, he found nothing but miracles,
| reason.
The lecture was illustrated By the aid Of nur1eE.
ous akulls, and was Interesting To persons who
like speculatiou3 on the origin and development
OF the common race A vote OF thanks was passed
| to the lecturer.