THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILD RACES. 23 



A paragraph in Mr. Froude's Oceana has a few 

 well-chosen remarks upon this subject as follows 



" It is with the wild races of human beings, as with wild 

 animals, and trees, and plants. Those only will survive, who 

 can domesticate themselves into modern forms of social de- 

 velopment. The lion, the leopard, the eagle and the hawk 

 every creature of earth or air which is wildly free, dies off, 

 or disappears. The sheep, the ox, the horse, the ass, accepts 

 his bondage, and thrives, and multiplies. So it is with man. 

 The negro submits to the conditions, becomes useful and 

 rises to a higher level. The Red Indian and the Maori pine 

 away as in a cage, sink first into apathy and moral degra- 

 dation, and then vanish." * 



We propose to close this portion of our work with 

 a chapter containing" a number of passages selected 

 from the works of great travellers and hunters, relating 

 in each man's own words how deeply the attractions 

 of " the Wilderness and its Tenants " (or in other words, 

 "Wild Life, Wild Lands, and Wild Sports ") have taken 

 hold upon their affections. 



As we have explained in our preface, we believe 

 the idea of making a collection of this sort has never 

 occurred to any previous author; the reader will, 

 however, see for himself how strongly these opinions 

 corroborate the views already expressed in our intro- 

 ductory pages, as to the valuable nature of the training 

 which a short period of travel and residence in wild 

 countries is calculated to have upon every intelligent 

 mind. 



We might extend the number of these extracts 

 almost indefinitely, and it would be easy to cite many 



* Oceana, or England and Her Colonies, by James Anthony Froude, 

 1886, p. 303. 



