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APPENDIX. 



Note A. — That uuirersal empii-e is practicable only un- 

 der naval power, ... P. 363 

 Note B. On hereditary nobility and entail, . . 364 

 Note C. Instinct or habit of breed, . . . 369 

 Nautical and roving disposition of the superior 

 breed which has spread westward over the mari- 

 time provinces of Britain, and over nearly the 

 whole continent of North America, . .370 

 Influence of change of place, . . .371 

 Influence of civilization and confinement upon the 



complexion, . . . . .372 



Difference of character between the population of, 

 the northern and southern maritime provinces of 

 Britain, . , . . .373 



That the middle and southern portion of the North 

 Temperate Zone is not so favourable to human 

 existence as the northern portion, . .375 



Note D. Use of the selfish passions, . . 376 



Note E. Injudicious measurement law of the tonnage 

 of vessels, rendering om' mercantile marine of 

 defective proportions, . . . .377 



Note F. On the mud depositions or alluvium on the 



eastern coast of Britain, . . . 378 



Probability that a delta of this alluvium, a continu- 

 ation of Holland, had at one time occupied the en- 

 tire German Ocean, .... 379 

 Accommodation of organized life to cii'cumstauce, by 



diverging ramifications, . . .381 



Retrospective glance at oiu* pages, . . . 388 



