PRIMAEVAL MAN. 183 



to the time and place of this true "Creation of Man." 

 It is probable that Primaeval Man originated during the 

 Diluvial Epoch, in the torrid zone of the Old World, either 

 on the continent of tropical Asia or Africa, or on an earlier 

 continent which has now sunk below the surface of the Indian 

 Ocean, and which extended from Eastern Africa (Madagas- 

 car and Abyssinia) to Eastern Asia (the Sunda Islands 

 and Eastern India). In my " Natural History of Creation " 

 (Chapter XXIII. and Table XV.), I have already fuUy 

 discussed the important evidence as to the former existence 

 of this large continent, called Lemuria, and how the distribu- 

 tion of the various species and races of men probably took 

 place from this " Paradise " over the surface of the earth. 

 In the same place, I have also fully discussed the inter- 

 relations of the various races and species of the human 

 race. 165 



