EUROPEAN AJTD 3TEGEO. 



N is, without doubt, the only animal possessed of 

 reflective and reasoning faculties, and the possession of these 

 has raised him immeasurably above all the rest. He has 

 also physical capabilities suitable to a dominant being 

 whose race is destined to people the earth in every part. 

 "Were his constitution formed like that of the Chimpanzee 

 or the Ourang, he could only live in the very hottest of 

 climates ; but it is found that Man is healthy and happy 

 through ranges of temperature, which would prove fatal 

 to most other animals. In the frigid regions of the 

 north, the Laplander enjoys many comforts which he 

 fancies could never be obtained in any other latitude, and 

 the Bushman of Africa, following the wild animals of that 

 region, and needing no covering to shield him from the 

 burning rays of the sun, deems his lot the happiest that 

 can be. The human race are gradually increasing in num- 

 ber, and there is scarcely a spot capable of being inhabited 

 at all, but they are found there ; and, wherever Man comes, 

 the wild animals of the region retire or become entirely 



