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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  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 
  supposition 
  that 
  their 
  " 
  utter 
  barbarism 
  " 
  

   was 
  due 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  cruel 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   their 
  life, 
  and 
  the 
  wretched 
  country 
  into 
  

  

  