The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-08

| the English and Germans insist in the
tropics upon their usual allowance Of
meat, whereas the Spaniards or Portuguese
are content with cereals or lighter food.
| The explanation uf the ease with which the
| Chinese accommodate themselves to a
| tropical climate is probably to be found in
| their simple diet ~ rice.
Again gentle and regular exercise,
equally removed from Incidence on the
one hand and overcxcrtion on the other, is
one Of the most important hygicnic prccau-
tions to be observed. 1t is suggested that
the Beers who thrive as hcrdsmen in the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State, would
suffer were they to stir up the soil as hus-
bandmcn To discover, finally, the power
Of the white race to adapt itself to tropical
conditions, we must disregard the children
of those white cmigrants who have inter-
| married with native women.
II is obvious that accommodation to eli
mate by intcrmnrringe is in reality, not
| acclimatzation AT all, hut tho formation of
an entirely new type. II Is the belief of
nuny anthropologists that the success of
the Spaniards in Mexico and South Amer
lea was due largely to the crossing with
the natives, which evolved n new type, more
accommodated to the environment than
were the Europeans. On the other hand,
II is admitted that II cross between races
Is often apt to be a weaklng, sharing
in the pathological predispositons of both
the parent stocks, while enjoying hut inn
perfectly their several iInmunities. MORGAN
IL be disputed that many of the most
successful examples of accimat ization have
,l,,,,.N h.,r I,.,
absence OF crossing. as in the French island
OF Reunion, off the southeast coast of
Africa, among the Beers of South Africa.
and in certain PARTS of South America ms
well The Jews, who studiously avoid in
tcrmarriage with non-Tcws, are a remarka-
bic people in this respect. They seem to
thrive in all climates and it has been con-
tended that a little Semitic blood is always
help in acrlimatization At all events.
the cosmopolitan adaptive aptitudcs Of the
Jewish people has never been denied.
After what has been done in Santiago do
Cuba we scarcely need point out that
hygiene and sanitation have accomplished
wonderful results in assisting indi> iduals
to withstand those immediate effects of
climatic change which used to be- often
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reduced to Twenty-Five. The terrific an
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