The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-14

advanced by HIM, that from design, has boon shown
TO be invalid as the negro cooler on the grou nd
OF radiation evaporation account OF his color
This he seems to admit since he has dropped the
subject In the present article and discusses points
OF minor Importance which really have no bearing
on the question. My object ut present is to free my
self from the OF unairness and ignorance
with which an cnarred. / acknowledge the au-
thory OF the aud knife IN all questions of ana
tony, but IN those Of euhnology the testi-
mony OF actual observers only ia to be
accepted. In regard to the charge OF un-
fairness Ia not quoting all the thirteenth chap
ter OF Nehemiah I would say that my sole object
was to prove that thu Hebrews were forbidden by
their laws to marry foreigners, ana the rest OF
the chapter contained an account OF the extent TO
which am igamatiOn had taken place, and did not
prove 1t was not forbidden, any more than the
fact that stealing Is carried this city proves
that 1t Is not forbidden by our laws. admit that
DR.. Booth knew that the negro possessed haIr IN
stead OF wool; but in his article, which my only
criterion, he fairly justified US In drawing the OPP
poslte conclusion. Had he remembered or quoted
correctly my language In regard TO the "hatry
sheep he would have seen that The charge OF lgno-
rance was nngrounded. said, They lose all their
stating, as he has 1t, that the wool changed to
hair" lie says the inhabitants OF the polar regions
he e pck "a 70 1s e eoor Of rsnes so a;
q very broad meanng. Thus we speak OF the negro.
the Spaniard and the Brazilian ~ being black The
Esquimaux are not Az DARK rs the negroes; never
said they were. DR.. Pritchard says their color is
very dark brown, with a blush tingc If they were
but one-elghth Us dark rs the negro the
so long as the Inhabitants OF the tenn
perate regions are lighter. Tnc fact that the polar
animals are white does not affect his argument-at
least not to streug hen II. The Esqulmaux dogs, l
think, are descended from ancestors from whom
they diuer In color; the white individuals which
had appeared from time To time were preserved,
since by this popularity they enabled to sur
their enemies by being undlstlnguisnable from the
SNOW; tnls peculiarly was inherited by their or
ag weaee sprung pr t inc we Dog For ADJ
to Wallace 'On Natural Selection" IL was through
no fear OF being compelled to acknowledge the val
.ldity OF my opponents arguments that | did not
answer directly the question, GLOW the negro
reached New Holland" thought that when
stated that believed the Indians crossed the ocean
to America from Asia 1t might be inferred that
Thought the negroes reached New Holland in a SIM
liar manner, which is actually my belief Professor
Huxley'S authority has great weight on many qucS-
tons, but until he proves that man inhabited thus
earth during the tertiary epoch the positive state
this mere surmse. Ia stating that the various
breeds OF dogs are the offspring or common parent
proved l nave made this statement upon the au-
thory OF almost all naturasts who refer all dogs
inc species dontesttcus genus cdnis; so think the
responsibility or proof rests upon the naturall5tS
The hairless dog oil Guiana is varcty-not spe-
cies, as the author has lt-of this genus The fox
and the off are stationary, because they are con-
fined to o portion OF the globe only; while The
dog like man, has representatives everywhere, and
would be modified by external circumstances,
whereas the fox and wolf would remain the same.
The author admits that some of the Jews OF Cochin
have been changed, but not by climate. 1t was Dr.
Prltchard VINO claimed this the effect OF climate
alone. l would include other external influences
also. 1t is great admission on the part OF the
writer, as 1t shows that he has been compelled to
give up his old notion that race could only be
changed By amalgamation. The question OF indi-
vtduas races does not alter the result, for II
individual can change so can race. which Is but
collection OF individuals. l leave the reader TO
1udge whether the argument OF design brought for
ward by the author has has not been refuted and
whether all other minor points have been settled.
will give single quotation from DR.. Pritcnard.
which Is the conclusion at which he arrived alter
years Of study in this department. OF science:-
"The different races or men are not distngnsha-
BILE from each other by UNIFORM permanent and
strongly marked distinctions. The several species
belonging TO given tribe Of animals. All DIVERSE
ties that exist are variable, and pass into each
other by insensiDle gradatons, and there Is, more
over, scarcely an instance in which the actual
transitions cannot be proved 10 have take placer
QUlD EST VERITAS