INHABITANTS OF THE LESSEE ANTILLES, 



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Nevertheless, there are indications that under favourable conditions the North 

 European may become perfectly acclimatised in the "West Indies. As reo-ards 

 the Spaniards and Canary Islanders there can be no doubt, as is evident from 



Fig. 219. — AMAETiNiauE Creole Woman. 



the rapid increase of the Puerto Eicans. But numerous instances can also be 

 adduced of French, Dutch, English and Scotch families persisting from genera- 

 tion to generation, and even distinguished by sound constitutions, great muscular 

 strength, rare physical beauty and brilliant intellectual qualities. A better know- 



