﻿CLIMATE 
  AND 
  MIGRATIONS 
  ' 
  

  

  By 
  J. 
  C. 
  Curry 
  

  

  Tn 
  separate 
  favoured 
  regions 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  men 
  set 
  out 
  to 
  domesticate 
  and 
  

   master 
  the 
  gifts 
  and 
  forces 
  around 
  them: 
  to 
  " 
  live 
  well, 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  Greek 
  phrosr, 
  

   under 
  the 
  given 
  conditions 
  of 
  their 
  home, 
  or 
  f.ailing 
  this, 
  to 
  seek 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  new 
  

   one: 
  in 
  either 
  event, 
  to 
  comply 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  command; 
  to 
  conquer 
  Nature 
  by 
  

   observance 
  of 
  her 
  laws. 
  

  

  J. 
  L. 
  My 
  RES. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  wonderful 
  century 
  when 
  discoveries 
  and 
  inventions 
  have 
  

   followed 
  fast 
  on 
  one 
  another's 
  heels 
  man 
  seems 
  to 
  look 
  dazed 
  and 
  

   half 
  comprehendingly 
  at 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  hands. 
  So 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  some 
  who 
  say 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  brink 
  of 
  new 
  and 
  more 
  wonderful 
  

   mastery 
  over- 
  nature; 
  others 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  more 
  discoveries 
  to 
  

   make; 
  and 
  others 
  again 
  who 
  wish 
  to 
  cry 
  halt, 
  and 
  ask 
  hopelessly, 
  

   for 
  10 
  years' 
  rest 
  from 
  the 
  innovations 
  and 
  disturbances 
  which 
  scienti- 
  

   fic 
  inquiry 
  is 
  bringing 
  into 
  their 
  world. 
  

  

  For 
  more 
  than 
  five 
  centuries 
  man's 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  almost 
  unin- 
  

   terrupted 
  in 
  every 
  direction. 
  During 
  these 
  centuries 
  nature 
  has 
  

   been 
  strangely 
  quiet; 
  and 
  man 
  has 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  frightened 
  of 
  "por- 
  

   tents" 
  and 
  "visitations." 
  He 
  has 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  this 
  long 
  quiet 
  

   period 
  to 
  accumulate 
  knowledge, 
  nearly 
  suflBcient, 
  perhaps 
  to 
  enable 
  

   him 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  "master 
  of 
  his 
  destiny," 
  when 
  next 
  nature 
  rouses 
  herself 
  

   to 
  such 
  a 
  mood 
  as 
  swept 
  the 
  Roman 
  world 
  into 
  utter 
  ruin. 
  Nearly 
  

   sufficient, 
  perhaps; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  still 
  much 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  before 
  

   compliance 
  with 
  nature's 
  laws 
  can 
  be 
  wholly 
  intelligent. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  only 
  possible 
  here 
  to 
  sketch 
  the 
  main 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  inquiry, 
  

   concerning 
  man 
  and 
  his 
  environment, 
  most 
  relevant 
  to 
  this 
  issue. 
  

   The 
  sole 
  justification 
  for 
  so 
  crude 
  a 
  sketch 
  is 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  suggesting 
  new 
  

   points 
  of 
  departure 
  for 
  others. 
  

  

  In 
  1903 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  InstitKite 
  of 
  Washington 
  appointed 
  Mr. 
  

   Ellsworth 
  Huntington 
  to 
  assist 
  Professor 
  Davies 
  of 
  Harvard 
  Univer- 
  

   sity 
  in 
  the 
  physiographic 
  work 
  of 
  an 
  expedition 
  into 
  Central 
  Asia. 
  

   The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  of 
  subsequent 
  expeditions 
  were 
  embodied 
  in 
  an 
  

   account 
  published 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Huntington 
  in 
  1907.^ 
  The 
  great 
  interest 
  

   of 
  his 
  work 
  lies 
  in 
  his 
  presentment 
  of 
  the 
  evidence 
  concerning 
  the 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  between 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  and 
  its 
  physical 
  environment; 
  of 
  that 
  

  

  Reprinted 
  by 
  permission 
  from 
  Antiquity, 
  a 
  quarterly 
  review 
  of 
  Archseology, 
  September, 
  1928. 
  

   The 
  Pulse 
  of 
  Asia. 
  

  

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