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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  time 
  of 
  Abraham— 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  hiero- 
  

   glyphic 
  writings 
  of 
  Black 
  or 
  Negro 
  troops 
  

   being 
  raised 
  by 
  an 
  Egyptian 
  king, 
  to 
  assist 
  

   him 
  in 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  war.* 
  

  

  Since, 
  then, 
  the 
  Negro 
  race 
  was 
  already, 
  

   in 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  Abraham, 
  just 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  

   now, 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  we 
  must 
  allow 
  for 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  of 
  Man, 
  

   supposing 
  it 
  to 
  have 
  descended 
  from 
  a 
  

   common 
  stock 
  ? 
  We 
  have 
  absolutely 
  no 
  

   measurement 
  of 
  time 
  by 
  which 
  to 
  estimate 
  

   the 
  growth 
  of. 
  such 
  varieties. 
  We 
  know 
  

   that 
  changes 
  of 
  climate 
  and 
  of 
  food 
  do 
  

  

  * 
  Drawings 
  by 
  the 
  skilful 
  hands 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Bonomi 
  are 
  given 
  

   on 
  p. 
  101 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Frontispiece 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  stated 
  

   in 
  the 
  text. 
  They 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  Egyptian 
  temple 
  at 
  

   Beyt-el-Welee, 
  in 
  Nubia, 
  of 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  Rameses 
  II., 
  son 
  

   and 
  successor 
  of 
  Sethos 
  I. 
  

  

  