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tance, viz., this — that even the most degraded 

 savages have all the perfect attributes of 

 humanity, which can be and are developed, 

 the moment they are placed under fa- 

 vourable conditions. Captain Fitzroy had in 

 1830 carried off some of these people to 

 England, where they were taught the habits 

 and the arts of civilized life. Of one of 

 these who was taken back to his own country 

 in the Beagle, Mr. Darwin tells us that his 

 "intellect was good," and of another that 

 he had a **nice disposition." We see, there- 

 fore, that every fact and circumstance 

 connected with the Fuegians agrees with 

 the stipposition that their *' utter barbarism " 

 was due entirely to the cruel conditions of 

 their life, and the wretched country into 



