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and the Rhine ? What of that vast Continent 

 whose secrets are being revealed at last only 

 in our own day — the Continent of Africa ? 

 When and how did that Negro Race begin, 

 which is both one of the most ancient and 

 one of the most strongly marked among the 

 varieties of Man ? And what again can we 

 learn from Genesis of the peopling of the New 

 World ? When did Man first come upon the 

 inland seas of America, and follow the great 

 rivers which fall into the Gulf of Mexico ? 



It is not possible to suppose that some 

 450 years before the foundation of the Egyp- 

 tian Monarchy is a period long enough to 

 account even for the few facts which are 

 implied in the Mosaic narrative itself, respect- 

 ing the dispersion and geographical distribution 



