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altogether lost to it. Indiau half-breeds of all periods are looked upon 

 as distinct in race from the white population. 



In this brief glance at the origin of the French Canadians nothing 

 has been said of Scotch, English and Irish elements which have been in 

 many cases for about a century back absorbed by the original ISTorman 

 and Poitou stock and become part of the race. 



The conclusion which may be arrived at from this argument is that 

 the French Canadian type is ISTorman, whether its origin be pure Nor- 

 man, mixed Saxon and Norman, or that the Gascon, Scotch, Irish, and 

 English contributed afterwards each its share in the development of 

 that communitv. 



