770 MAN 



lured on by the westward trail, seeking the advantages of the great Mediter- 

 ranean basin, in some instances pushing onward to the west even as lar as 

 the seaboard ot the Atlantic. 



Couiti'-it .Wfururjn .Mw-iinn iij .\(ittttiil History 



FIG. 333. THE AFRICAN NEGRO. 



The Southern Route. Something in the migratorN passage to the 

 west, something in the country which it laid open to the newcomers stimu- 

 lated them to progress as no other part of the woild has done. The soutinvard 

 trail leading into Africa had no such successful inllucnct' on the invaders 

 who infiltrated its terrain. Those who migrated to the south were shut oil 

 from lh(.' beneficial contacts and competition with progressive peoples and 

 so have remained in the condition of primitive races. The southeasterly 



