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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 N'ew 

 World ? When did Man first come upon the 

 inland seas of America, and follow the grear 

 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 



