﻿FUEGIANS 
  CAPABLE 
  OF 
  IMPROVEMENT. 
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  habitable 
  world 
  are 
  reached, 
  the 
  conditions 
  

   of 
  existence 
  cause 
  and 
  necessitate 
  a 
  savage 
  

   and 
  degraded 
  life. 
  Darwin 
  gives 
  the 
  true 
  

   explanation 
  of 
  their 
  condition 
  when 
  he 
  says, 
  

   " 
  How 
  little 
  can 
  the 
  higher 
  powers 
  of 
  the 
  

   mind 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  play 
  ! 
  What 
  is 
  there 
  

   for 
  imagination 
  to 
  picture, 
  for 
  reason 
  to 
  com- 
  

   pare, 
  for 
  judgment 
  to 
  decide 
  upon?" 
  The 
  

   case 
  of 
  the 
  Fuegians 
  is 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  

   can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  whatever 
  of 
  the 
  causes 
  of 
  

   their 
  degraded 
  condition. 
  On 
  every 
  side 
  

  

  of 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  proportion 
  as 
  we 
  recede 
  

   from 
  their 
  wretched 
  country, 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   tribes 
  are 
  less 
  wretched 
  and 
  better 
  acquainted 
  

   with 
  the 
  simpler 
  arts. 
  And 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  

   that 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  this 
  people 
  we 
  have 
  proof 
  

   of 
  another 
  point 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  and 
  impor- 
  

  

  