7] „An Isolated Community in the Bahama Islands. ~ 881 
in this region before certain experiences of my own and 
of others of our party drew my attention to the influence of cli- 
mate; and I endeavored, then and since, to study the subject 
closely, and to get its bearings, not only on the physical but on 
the psychical life of human beings. 
The very fact that coral animals flourish only in waters com- 
paratively shallow, and with a temperature not falling below 
about 66°-68° F., suffices to demonstrate in itself how high 
It was amusing to notice the astonishment of some of the 
ildren on seeing ice, which we had brought. One of the 
boys, on having a small piece placed in his hand, dropped it 
lstantly, saying that “it burned;” while nothing could induce 
him to put any into his mouth. The following tabular state- 
_ Ment of the temperatures for the month of June, as taken. by 
Myself, from the oth to the 18th, at the hours indicated, will 
Prove instructive : es 
At 7a. 79°, 80°, 80°, 81°; 75°; 80°, 80°, “SI wee 80°. 
At I PM. 83°, 83%, 84° en Sg TE 84°, Eig Se" 85°. 
At 7 PM. $0" 81° a Lok see eae 80.5°, 81°, g7° n y 
At 10 p.m. IFS yo er ee SY°: 82°. 
It will be noticed that the minimum was 79°, the maximum 
i that the variations at a certain hour for each day were very 
a8, one substantially without change of seasons, and 
o © umformly constant high temperature. This condition in 
7 environment has probably more to do with explaining the 7 
as one finds them in this community than any other; and 
self egg these, and the effect of the same conditions on hin 
that, in others of the party, the writer is prepared to believe : 
Anglo-Saxon in a tropical climate. This conclusion may- ee 
© Spite of racial superiority, the highest results, as ee oe 
“in the character and achievements, cannot be attained by 
