732 GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF EDEN. 



none of these have been clearly identified with 

 known rivers, except the Euphrates. But that 

 Pison was the Ganges, might be inferred from 

 its being said to " encompass the whole land of 

 Havilah, where there is gold, bdellium, and the 

 onyx stone," which have been found in the 

 alluvial deposits of the Ganges. And that the 

 Gihon was another name of the Indus, might 

 also be inferred from the passage in which it is 

 said to " encompass the whole land of Ethiopia," 

 which was the ancient name of a province of 

 western India, as shown by Godfrey Higgins. 

 Finally, that the Hiddekel was identical with the 

 Tigris, is indicated in the 14th verse, in which 

 we read, that it " goeth to the east of Assyria," 

 which really was bounded eastward by the Ti- 

 gris, and that the " fourth river is Euphrates." 



That all the different nations, tribes, and fami- 

 lies of mankind belong to the same genus and 

 species, is now universally admitted by physio- 

 logists. And that they have all descended from 

 the same primitive stock, which began its exist- 

 ence in some part of southern Asia, would also ap- 

 pear from the united testimony of profane history. 

 It is maintained by the learned Dr. Prichard, in 

 his work on the Physical History of Man, that all 

 the different races of the earth, orginated from one 

 family. But he thinks that cultivation, or civili- 

 zation, has had more influence in producing vari- 

 eties, than climate, geographical position, or any 

 other known cause, (pp. 155, 194 222. 1st. Ed.) 



