JULY 163 



species to it, except among the insects or humbler crus- 

 taceans. All honour, therefore, to Mr. Pickard Cambridge 

 in respect of his important find. 



In view of the minute variation in structure and colora- 

 tion whereon modern zoologists base scientific 

 classification, the definition of Man as a single 

 species of a single genus appears inconsistently 

 synthetic. White, red, black, brown, yellow the entire 

 human race is connoted by the title Homo sapifns, an easy, 

 almost an indolent, device for getting over a difficulty of 

 singular delicacy. Civilisation has done so much to blend 

 certain strains which once were very distinct, that to 

 attempt specific distinction between the races of mankind 

 would be to pronounce the majority of the inhabitants 

 of the United Kingdom to be mongrels. Moreover, the 

 problem is complicated by the notable influence of climate 

 and soil upon habits and manners, one that has rendered 

 the English settlers of Ireland Hibern ids ipsis Hibtmiores 

 more Irish than the Irish themselves. Nay, have not 

 climate and soil been recognised as among the chief 

 agencies in evolution ? From the prohibitive effect of the 

 climate of India upon the constitution of children of 

 European parents, coupled with the vitality of the indi- 

 genous population, might be argued the establishment of 

 specific distinction between the white race and the brown, 

 at least as well defined and permanent as that between 

 the white willow-grouse of Scandinavia and the red 

 grouse of Great Britain, or even between the Chinese 

 pheasant and European black-game, which have been 

 known frequently to interbreed. The willow-grouse 



