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Then follow many other examples—the blackness which 
characterises both men and animals in Malabar and 
Guinea, the whiteness of Polar animals, the height of Pata- 
gonian man, the differences which separate the English race 
in America and the West Indian Islands from that in the 
parent country, and the negroes of America from those of 
Africa. 
The section concludes in a significant paragraph in 
which the author suggests that perhaps some of these local 
varieties may be specially adapted to ‘the circumstances of 
the countries in which the deviation has taken rise,” and 
he finally concludes by introducing the succeeding section 
in these words: “It may indeed be inquired, whether the 
deviations in general, which appear to follow a change of 
climate, are not founded on a law of the animal economy, 
which gives rise to an alteration in the breed calculated to 
fit the race for its new abode” (page 566). 
The sixth section (p. 567) is headed ‘Adaptation of 
Certain Breeds to Particular Local Circumstances”. In this 
section we are provided with numerous instances of the 
adaptation of races to their environments. Blumenbach’s 
opinion in favour of the multiple origin of the dog is quoted 
at some length. Considering the undoubted adaptation of 
many breeds for certain ends this naturalist concludes: ‘ I 
can scarcely persuade myself to look upon this as a mere 
accidental consequence of degeneration, and not rather as 
an intentional contrivance of the wise Creator”. To this 
Prichard replies that such a remark “suggests the inquiry 
whether the degeneration or variation of animals is in fact 
a mere accidental phenomenon ...”. We should note 
that degeneration is here used in the sense of departure 
from ancestral type, and not implying, as it does in our time, 
any degradation or simplification of structure. 
Then follows a paragraph most significant of modern 
views of organic evolution and the kind of evidence on 
which the modern naturalist relies. The remarkable 
‘double relation” which individual species bear on the 
one hand to their special localities, and on the other to the 
group to which they belong, is first pointed out, and main- 
