98 CONCLUSION. 



vary to produce breeds or proles, until these 

 assume the specific rank by important features, 

 united to permanency, multipHcity of individuals 

 or insulation in distinct chmes. 



Many of our admitted Species are in fact 

 such new breeds or productions of a genus, that 

 had perhaps once a single type on the Earth — 

 as it has happened to our knowledge with MAN- 

 KIND or the Genus HOMO, once a smgle 

 TYPE, that has produced during many ages, 

 so many natural varieties and breeds, gradualy 

 become permanent, divided and multiplied, that 

 they now form 3 or 4 great Races or Breeds, 

 deemed Species by some philosophers: and 

 even others admit 10 or 15 Species of MEN. 

 Thus the natural spliting of MANKIND has 

 realy produced many divisions of the type. If 

 however we acknowledge that they all come 

 from a SINGLE GENERIC TYPE, it is imma- 

 terial whether we call them Species or Races, 

 Breeds, or Proles, Varieties . . , But if deemed 

 real natural new Species as in Plants, Oaks, 

 Vines, Roses &.c. they obtain a name and bet- 

 ter Entity. 



MEN form both a Genus, a family the HU- 

 MAN tribe, and an Order the BIMANES: 

 which are both very striking and obvious 

 groups . . . Roses do the same, and the botan- 

 ists do not agree on their species and varieties; 

 altho' so numerous now, they probably came 

 Hke MEN from a single generic Type ? Let us 

 then study species in that point of view ; both as 

 distinct, and connected by the common Generic 

 tie. 



GENERA therefore are mainly essential; 

 they give form, existence, characters and names 

 to Species. The generic types are either in- 



