104 PRIMEVAL MAN. 



very able and ingenious writer, whose work 

 is unfortunately anonymous,* but whose 

 opinions are endorsed by the high authority 

 of Mr. Poole, has assumed that this change 

 is not within the compass of any natural 

 causes, and cannot be accounted for by 

 any lapse of time. On this as well as on 

 other grounds he adopts the theory that 

 Adam was the progenitor of the white 

 races only ; and that before the creation of 

 Adam, the Black Race had been established 

 in the Continent of Africa. He maintains 

 that in the Mosaic narrative, contrary to 

 the usual interpretation, there are clear indi- 

 cations of the existence of pre -Adamite 

 races. This theory undoubtedly explains 



* " Genesis of the Earth and of Man." 



