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ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPTIANS. 



Rameses II, the greatest of the known pharaohs, was the son 

 of Seti I when he was a comparatively old man. How old I have 

 not found out, but circumstances would indicate that Seti I was 

 about 50 when his son was born. Ptolemy II, previously men- 

 tioned, was also; the son of an old man. From the fact that the 

 Greeks and Romans reproduced late in life and were more or less 

 associated with the Egyptians, we may safely assume that the ancient 

 civilization of Egypt was also characterized by late reproduction. 

 The present practice is far from being of that character. Marriage 

 among the fellahs is a private affair and not a public ceremony. 

 The men marry mere children, who are very rapidly worn out. 

 When tired of his wife, the husband sends her home without for- 

 mality. The Egyptians are known to be a race that is degenerating 

 from a higher plane, and we can see the cause of it in the early age 



of reproduction. 



INDIA. 



The same thing' may be said of the people of India, the 

 early marriages of which are notorious. Not all Hindus marry 

 early, and as the men retain health for many years, there are some 

 births at comparatively late age. The aboriginal tribes of India 

 (those which inhabited the land before the arrival of the Hindus) 

 are a much lower class. Chastity is generally not a part of their 

 morality. Among the aboriginal Warali, boys marry at 16 or 17 

 and girls at 12 or 13. 



NORTHERN AFRICA. 



The Touaregs of the Sahara and the Kabyles of Algeria are 

 neighbors. Among the Touaregs the women know how to read 

 and write, and it is to them that we owe the preservation of the 



