220 EARLY HISTORY OF MANKIND. 



instances the following words to show a connexion between 

 the ancient Egyptian and the Biscayan : 



BISCAYAN. EGYPTIAN. 



New Beria Beri. 



A dog Ora Whor 



Little Gutchi Kudchi. 



Bread Ognia Oik. 



A wolf Otgsa Ounsh. 



Seven Shashpi Shashf. 



Now, as there are, according to Humboldt, one hundred 

 and seventy words common to the languages of the new and 

 old continents, and many of these are expressive of the most 

 primitive ideas, there is, by Dr. Young's calculation, over- 

 powering proof of the original connexion of the American and 

 other human families. 



It seems to me, after a full consideration of this kind of 

 evidence, in connexion with the development theory, that 

 there is. no reason to regard more than two local origins for 

 the human race as necessary ; namely, one for the Asiatic, 

 American, and European varieties, and another for the African. 

 The former seems to be connected with the great development 

 of the quadrumana in southern Asia ; the latter, with that of 

 western Africa. 



What is known of the migrations of the first group of races, 

 and also their traditions, point to southern Asia as the scene 

 of their origin. The lines of these migrations all converge, 

 and are concentrated about the region of Hindostan. The 

 language, religion, modes of reckoning time, and some other 

 peculiar ideas of the Americans, are now believed to refer 

 their origin to North-Eastern Asia. Trace them further back 

 in the same direction, and we come to the north of India. The 

 history of the Celts and Teuton es represents them as coming 

 from the east, the one after the other, successive waves of a 

 tide of population flowing towards the north-west of Europe : 

 this line being also traced back, rests finally at the same place. 

 So does the line of Iranian population, which has peopled the 

 east and south shores of the Mediterranean, Syria, Arabia, and 

 Egypt. The Malay variety, again, rests its limit in one direc- 



