Geograpliy of Man in Relation to Eugenics 295 



written and where the effect of "blood" in determining 

 that history might be traced. 



Since the first few scores of thousands of immigrants 

 had the greatest influence on the ideals of the colonies they 

 established and since their blood has had the longer time 

 to show its effect, and since their traits have had the great- 

 est chance to disseminate widely, they deserve special 

 consideration. 



On the James River the first settlers consisted chiefly 

 of "discredited idlers and would-be adventurers," more 

 than half of them "gentlemen" of good family but untrained 

 in labor, trusting for a change of fortune in the new land. 

 Even later, men, women, and children were sent by the 

 London Company to colonize the new land and that com- 

 pany was not particular as to quality. Even felons, mur- 

 derers, and women of the streets were at times sent over 

 from London to relieve the city of them, and the governor, 

 who was a pure euthenist and seemed to think the better 

 environment would cure their evil ways, welcomed all. 



But a better blood soon crowded into Virginia to redeem 

 the colony. Upon the execution of Charles I (1649) ^ host 

 of royahst refugees sought an asylum here, and the immi- 

 gration of this class continued even after the Restoration. 

 By this means the province was enriched by a germ plasm 

 which easily developed such traits as good manners, high 

 culture, and the abihty to lead in all social affairs — traits 

 combined in remarkable degree in the "first famihes of 

 Virginia." From this complex and the similar complex 

 of Maryland has come much of the bad blood that found 

 the retreats of the mountain valleys toward Kentucky and 

 Tennessee to its liking and that spread later into Indiana 

 and Illinois and gave rise, in all probability, to the Ishmael- 



