CHAPTER XX. 



ZOOLOGICAL DEDUCTIONS. 



There is surely no reason why the order of nature should be set 

 aside, for the special accommodation of physical man; and taking it 

 for granted, That he has been placed on the globe in unison with the 

 rest of creation, and subject to the same general laws which guide 

 us in investigating other beings ; we may proceed to search for his 

 place of origin, in the same manner as for that of other natural pro- 

 ductions. And in the first place, let us examine his relation to cli- 

 mate. 



The species of organic beings allotted to the various regions of the 

 globe, have in no instance been modified by climate, or by other ex- 

 ternal circumstances ; but each, has been originally fitted in struc- 

 ture and constitution, precisely to the station in which it is naturally 

 found. In a district exposed to extremes, whether of heat, cold, 

 moisture, or aridity, the indigenous animal or plant has the means 

 of avoiding them, or else is protected against them in its outer cover- 

 ing : purposes, accomplished in various modes, some of which are 

 sufficiently familiar. It will follow: That if Europe were the proper 

 home of the White man, he would be born with natural clothing ; 

 with at least, some inherent provision securing the maintenance of 

 life without aid from art. 



Mna then, does not belong to the cold and variable climates; his 

 original birthplace, has been in a region of perpetual summer, where 

 the unprotected skin, bears without suffering the slight fluctuations 

 of temperature. He is, in fact, essentially a production of the Tro- 

 pics ; and there has been a time, when the human family, had not 

 strayed beyond these geographical limits. 



According to another principle, established by the observations of 

 naturalists: Species, are found to have a certain geographical range; 



