CHAPTER XXIX. 



CONCLUSION. 



In all my conversations with the Count little has 

 been said about the inevitable effects of climate on all 

 races of men and animals. It is so interesting a 

 study, that many chapters might be needed to do jus- 

 tice to the subject. A few words now regarding it 

 may not be amiss. 



That climate makes and unmakes different types 

 of races in man, is a conceded fact, even to a com- 

 plete change of form and feature. The dark, glow- 

 ing eyes of the fervid South, after two or three gen- 

 erations, become blue or gray with softer lights, 

 when transplanted to the North, and the hair, black 

 as night, turns to tender brown or shining gold. 

 Owing to the different conditions of climate another 

 type is being evolved, and even the nature and dis- 

 position are undergoing a radical change. 



In England, the mild-tempered climate tends to 

 round out the form, and to give a reddish glow to 

 the face. To expect the same type in France, only 

 across the channel, would be absurd, or to mistake 

 an Italian for a German would be laughable. The 

 climate in these countries is pronounced, and so are 

 the types. With our entirely uncertain clim^ate who 

 can be sure of any distinct type in America? We 



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