2O4 RACES OF MEN. 



Lybian and the ancient Berber writing. They seldom marry before 

 the age of 20. The Kabyles are very much inferior in every 

 respect, and it is their practice to marry their girls at the ages 

 of 8 to 12. 



EAST AFRICA. 



"The Masai of East Africa are a proud race, with strict laws 

 and aristocratic organization, and they guard the purity of their 

 maidens with jealousy ; their neighbors, the Wakamba, are a scat- 

 tered and subject-race, which is indifferent to the morality of their 

 girls, who stroll about without a rag on." 



CENTRAL ASIA. 



The Afghans marry at 18 to 20 for men and 16 to 18 for 

 women. In Kafirstan the men marry between 20 and 30 and the 

 women from 1 6 to 17. In Thibet the ages are 20 to 21 for men and 

 15 to 20 for women. 



THE CHINESE. 



The Chinese encourage early marriages, and it is said that a 

 bachelor of 20 is an object of contempt. We have previously found 

 that Confucius was the son of a very old man, but the descendants 

 of Confucius have been more rapid in their generations. There 

 have been more than 80 of them since his time, which would make 

 the average period between generations about 28 to 30 years. 

 Heredity, as ordinarily interpreted, would say that the descendants 

 of such a great man should also be great men, but we can see in the 

 rapidity of their generations the reason why they are not. 



REVIEW OF THE RACES. 



In general it may be said that wherever th,ere are no restraints 



