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Discussion. 



A Member asked the lecturer how he accounted for the name 

 Teuton, and whether it would be dealt with in his next paper ? 



Mr. Rouse. — I do not know ; I will try to find out. In the next 

 paper I will deal with the other descendants of the sons of Noah. 

 The name Teuton was given by the Romans to a tribe of Germans, 

 not to the whole race. The origin of the name Germaniais probably 

 Gomerania, the land of the Gomeri, who were its first inhal)itants. 



Colonel Alves. — I should like to ask a question. The Saxon 

 race is a fair race, it is fair-haired, and there is this characteristic 

 about it — that it is amenable to self-goA-ernment. Now apparently 

 the Celtic race do not seem to be good at self-government ; perhaps 

 that may be a detail ; but also as a rule they are a smaller race than 

 the Saxons — and dark-haired. The Welsh, for instance, are a small 

 race, dark complexioned, living in a cool climate without a strong 

 sun ; there is nothing to darken the skin, they live side by side 

 with the Saxon races. How is it if these are all descended from 

 the same son of Noah, how is it that you have a fair-haired race and 

 also a smaller, fiery, dark-haired race ? These differences cause me 

 to doubt that the Saxons were descended from Askenaz. 



Mr. Rouse. — With regard to what the last speaker has said, I 

 should say that if he carried out that argument to its legitimate 

 conclusion, all the people in the world should l)e either fair-haired or 

 dark-haired, since all descended from a common father, Noah. But 

 why the descendants of two brothers who have kept apart or who 

 should get apart for many, many ages should not have developed 

 certain characteristics peculiar to each family I cannot tell. 



Again, Colonel Alves said to us that the Celtic race were smaller. 

 That is true of the Welsh and of man}' of the Bretons ; hut if you 

 go to the Irish and Scotch you find very tall men indeed : the inland 

 men are very tall, fine fellows, and the Highlanders are the finest 

 men on this side of those famous Caucasians. The Highlanders are 

 about as fine a race as you can find in the world, and they are 



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