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  AS 
  FACTORS 
  IN 
  ANIMAL 
  DISTRIBUTION. 
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  extremity 
  of 
  Asia, 
  the 
  Ganges 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  

   the 
  Tigris 
  and 
  the 
  Euphrates 
  in 
  Central 
  Asia, 
  and 
  the 
  Nile 
  in 
  

   Africa 
  witnessed 
  the 
  expansion 
  of 
  such 
  societies.* 
  The 
  Semitic 
  

   tribes 
  who 
  crossed 
  the 
  Euphrates 
  into 
  Syria, 
  first 
  of 
  all 
  " 
  trans- 
  

   Euphratian," 
  but 
  " 
  which 
  had 
  become, 
  by 
  crossing 
  the 
  stream, 
  

   cis-Euphratian, 
  took 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  of 
  Hebrew 
  (Ibrim, 
  ' 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  '), 
  though 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  they 
  took 
  it 
  

   when 
  they 
  placed 
  the 
  Euphrates 
  between 
  themselves 
  and 
  their 
  

   brethren 
  who 
  remained. 
  in 
  the 
  Paddan-Aram, 
  or 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  

   the 
  Canaanites 
  who 
  called 
  them 
  'those 
  from 
  beyond,' 
  or, 
  to 
  be 
  

   more 
  accurate, 
  'those 
  w 
  7 
  ho 
  had 
  crossed 
  the 
  river.'"! 
  The 
  

   Hebrew 
  Scriptures 
  leave 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ethno- 
  

   logical 
  separation 
  effected 
  by 
  the 
  Jordan.! 
  In 
  most 
  large 
  cities 
  

   the 
  river 
  has 
  formed 
  a 
  social 
  division 
  for 
  the 
  separation 
  of 
  the 
  

   children 
  of 
  the 
  Ghetto. 
  According 
  to 
  Kenan, 
  the 
  Tigris 
  was, 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  East, 
  a 
  boundary 
  which 
  Christianity 
  did 
  not 
  pass 
  

   till 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  Sassanidse. 
  

  

  "• 
  ' 
  Hist. 
  People 
  of 
  Israel,' 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  4. 
  

   f 
  Ibid, 
  pp. 
  76-7. 
  

  

  I 
  Cf. 
  Dent. 
  xi. 
  30 
  ; 
  Josh. 
  vii. 
  7 
  ; 
  id. 
  xii. 
  1 
  ; 
  1st 
  Samuel, 
  xxxi. 
  7 
  ; 
  1st 
  Chron. 
  

   vi. 
  78 
  ; 
  id. 
  xii. 
  37. 
  

  

  (To 
  be 
  continued.) 
  

  

  