ON THE 
GEOGRAPHY AND CLASSIFICATION 
OF 
ANIMALS. 
PART I. 
ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANIMALS. 
CHAPTER I. 
REASONS AGAINST THE BELIEF THAT FOOD, TEMPERATURE, AND 
OTHER INFERIOR AGENTS, ARE THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF 
THE VARIATION OF MAN. -—LIMITED RANGE OF ANIMALS 
WHICH YET POSSESS GREAT LOCOMOTIVE POWERS. —— VARIOUS 
OPINIONS ON THE PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. = 
LINNZZUS, PRICHARD, AND OTHERS. —— THEORIES UPON 
ANIMAL. GEOGRAPHY. — FABRICIUS. — LATREILLE. — PRI- 
CHARD. — PROPOSITIONS ON THIS SUBJECT STATED. — GEO- 
GRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MAN. — ARCTIC REGIONS. 
1.) Ow looking at a map of the world we inhabit, 
we find that its surface is divided between land and 
water, continents and oceans ; each, for the most part, 
thrown together into vast masses, placed under different 
temperatures, peopled by different races of men, and in- 
habited by peculiar sorts of animals. Two questions 
then occur to the mind. What are the causes that 
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