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this kind (Horites, Avvites, &c.) l were known, whose 

 affinities had been lost ; and it is not necessary to 

 suppose that these were remnants of antediluvians, 

 since what we know in modern times of the wanderers 

 on the outskirts of great migrations sufficiently ac- 

 counts for their existence. 



This is, I think, a fair summary of the testimony 

 of the writer of Genesis x., as compared with the 

 general evidence of history and archaeology. But we 

 have something further to learn from what may be 

 called the fossil remains of prehistoric peoples as 

 embodied in the Egyptian monuments, which are 

 conversant with all the nations around the eastern 

 end of the Mediterranean. 



The Egyptians divided the nations known to them 

 into four groups, of which they have given us several 

 representations in tombs and public buildings. One 

 of these consisted of their own race. The other three 

 were as follows ; (i) Southern peoples mostly of 

 dark complexions, ranging from light brown to black. 

 These included the Cushites, Punites, and negroes. 



(2) Western peoples mostly of fair complexions in- 

 habiting the islands and northern coasts of the 

 Mediterranean, the * Hanebu ' or chiefs of the north 

 or of the isles, with some populations of North 

 Africa, the so-called white Lybians and Maxyans. 



(3) Northern or north-eastern peoples, or those of 

 Syria and the neighbouring parts of Western Asia, 

 Amorites, Hittites, Edomites, Arabs, &c., usually 

 represented as of yellowish complexion. 



1 Deuteronomy ii. 



