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or work-hoiise labourer. On the contrary, the Scotsman, 

 with no resource but in himself, with famine always in 

 the vista, as much in his view as a principle of action in 

 material affairs as his strong perception of the right in 

 moral, and also under the stimulus of a high pride, leaves 

 no means untried at home ; and, when fairly starved out of 

 his native country, among various resources, often invades 

 the territory of his more easy-minded southern neighbour, 

 where his acuteness seldom fails to find out a convenient 

 occupation, in which manual dexterity is second to eco- 

 nomy and forethought — his success exciting the wonder 

 and envy of the dull-witted native. 



It would appear, that the finest portion, at least ap- 

 parently so, of the north temperate zone, between the par- 

 rallels of 30^ and 48° latitude, when nearly of the level 

 of the ocean, is not so favourable for human existence as 

 the more northern part between 50° and 60°, or even the 

 torrid zone. The native of the north of Europe has a su- 

 perior development of person, and a much longer repro- 

 ductory life than the native of the south, which more 

 than counterbalances the earlier maturity of the latter in 

 power of increase. Independent of the great current of 

 population setting south in the northern part of the tem- 

 perate zone, there seems even to be some tendency to a 

 flux northward, from the confines of the torrid ; but this 

 arises rather from the unsteadiness of the seasons, and 

 consequent deficit of food, at particular times, than from 

 a steady increase of population. 



